Culture Quotes

That's the thing. in medicine, you're used to saying there's a problem within the person, and saying there's a problem within the culture, that's not a medical answer. Medicine has to look in one direction, so there's only one type of answer that they can find.

It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

People in this country haven't stopped hating fat people, but they've become more kind to me, since in our culture, even though we hate our fat people, we love our celebrities even more.

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play.

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness.

I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult.

Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture."

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them.

Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this country, don't you think?

Many dotcoms recruited people from existing companies who were quite experienced in finance, marketing, distribution and other disciplines but not necessarily experienced in the Web culture.

I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture.

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture.

These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

The Democrats have essentially decided to move more toward central power, control of just about every aspect of our culture and economy.

Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America.

This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face.

The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with.

I was not interested in spending 10 years in the culture wars.

The challenge is the culture. You have to have a vision for the BBC-it can't merely be that it's big and has a place in the market.