Culture Quotes

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

Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.

There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.

The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.

The oneness of community for instance is at the heart of our culture.

Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom - like success - carrying with it the illusion that it is a solution for all problems.

Play is older than culture, for culture, however inadequately defined, always presupposes human society, and animals have not waited for man to teach them their playing.

Sooner or later we must absorb Islam if our own culture is not to die of anemia.

Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at 'hateful ragtime' no longer passes for musical culture.

Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.

Culture does not make people. People make culture.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

Teach the student what needs to be taught. 'Cause black and white kids both take shorts When one doesn't know about the other one's culture, Ignorance swoops down like a vulture.

It is impossible to understand history, international politics, the world economy, religions, philosophy, or ‘patterns of culture’ without taking geography into account.

Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what's right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.

In most organizational change efforts, it is much easier to draw on the strengths of the culture than to overcome the constraints by changing the culture.

Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

The Church cannot be content to live in its stained-glass house and throw stones through the picture window of modern culture.

Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance

Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others.

There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola.

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

When you're out of quality, you're out of business.

Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.

The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued.

The Chinese culture belongs not only to the Chinese but also to the whole world.

Pop culture used to be like LSD – different, eye-opening and reasonably dangerous. It’s now like crack – isolating, wasteful and with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

An authentic spirituality does not cater to culture; it calls culture to accountability.

Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

The pure culture is the foundation for all research on infectious disease.

We have got to change the political culture in America. We need a political revolution. That means we are working on politics not just three weeks before an election but 365 days a year.

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.

People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.

My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

You can overcome wrong technology. Your people have the initiative, they see the problem, no big deal ... you can't overcome bad culture. You've gotta change whoever is in charge.

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

There must be something about art... almost all cultures have done art. It's a refining of the senses, which are there to keep us alive. As far as we know, no other animals do that.

I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.

In a change effort, culture comes last, not first.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish.

We shall serve for the joy of serving, prosperity shall flow to us and through us in unending streams of plenty.

If parents wish to preserve childhood for their own children, they must conceive of parenting as an act of rebellion against culture

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.

I don't want our culture diluted. We need to close the borders now and let everyone assimilate to a Western, white, English-speaking way of life.