Culture Quotes

Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable.

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world, about being competitive: Will my children have as much as I have? Will I ever own my own home? How can I pay for a new car? Are immigrants taking away my white world?

The Obamas have changed the culture of the White House.

What are you going to do to preserve a tradition that is the peculiar and unique culture that Judaism inculcates? The American Jewish community is not going to survive by lining up against its common enemy.

Black culture is something I don't relate to much at all.

I understand what it's like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a lot of support. People say, 'She's got her daughter; she's got her husband.' Yeah, but she hasn't got anyone else.

It's a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies.

The Irish and British, they love satire, it's a large part of the culture.

Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it is.

Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.

Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.

Dream study impacts culture. We are put in touch with the inner poet who dreams. We hear our inner, subjective response to the outer world. That helps spiritualize our lives.

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

Information and inspiration are everywhere... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the enduring myths and legends of Western culture.

I'm fairly out of the loop when it comes to pop culture.

The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth.

What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible.

The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.

I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.

It's more important to promote a culture of life. What I mean by that is that I believe what we need to do is not change the law, but change hearts.

We want people to experience art and think about it. The art reflects our time, it is about our culture.

Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.

The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.

I live a perfectly happy and comfortable life in Blair's Britain, but I can't work up much affection for the culture we've created for ourselves: it's too cynical, too knowing, too ironic, too empty of real value and meaning.

But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.

Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature.

Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good.

Our culture, language, history, and values are vital to uniting us as a nation.