Culture Quotes

Violent crimes had increased from 120 per 100, 000 in 1962 180 per 100, 000 by 1964.

Over a seven year span, only 10% of college slaying remained in place.

The deepest reason why the Church is weak and the world is dying is that there are not enough saints. No, that's not quite honest. The reason is that WE are not saints.

For the first time on Planet Earth (in 1964 America), a nation was made up of more college students than farmers. An unheard-of 42% of high school graduates sought higher education.

The average Harvard freshman in 1952 would have placed in the bottom 10 percent of the incoming class by 1960.

Nobody loves a policeman until he needs one.

The state is the soul of man enlarged under the microscope of history.

Culture is taking whatever background you come from and either running with it or running from it.

Data can bear on policy issues, but many of our opinions about policy are grounded in premises about the nature of human life and human society that are beyond the reach of data.

Culture is taking the background you come from and either running with it or running from it.

Peace is found when people stand for morality and rejectculture. Defend freedom at all costs and at all times and peacewill rule the world instead of tyrants.

Good form without knowing it is the best form of all.

Tarot is a practice rich with history and cultural knowledge. It is a science of the mind.

Being well known for being well-known did not necessarily imply intelligence.

Lack of culture equals to parallel lives, however through art, oneness, sanity and sense of belonging is restored.

Public symbols matter. They are one of the ways we tell each other, and the world, what we honor.

I find myself constantly taking apart be taken-for-granted.

All civilizations have needed a stable basis of short term value.

Their lot in life, their station, became a part of their personalities and helped to for my worldview.

Bobby Kennedy said that when he had been a boy there were three major influences on children – the home, the church, and the school – and now there was a fourth – television.

Newspapers might have as much to do in shaping the course of public events as politicians,

If the norm of the society is corrupted, then objective journalism is corrupted too, for it must not challenge the norm. It must accept the norm.

Education was central to reporting.

Until he (Time's founder Henry Luce) arrived, news was crime and politics.

Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism.

I simply decided once and for all to liberate myself from the anxiety of notoriety and the urge to be a part of that circle of successful people, those who believe they have won who-knows-what

In a servant leadership culture we learn by choice or example that if we want to be great, we have to serve others respectfully.

All topics should be studied through the lens of the Gospel.

Cynicism is often seen as a rebellious attitude in western popular culture, but in reality, our cynicism advances the desires of the powerful: cynicism is obedience.

There are heroes and schmucks in all worlds. The most important thing is whether you are willing to engage in moral struggle against yourself.

Sin is the native language in every ZIP code.

He had to grow his own NCOs.

When their voices didn't reach my ears, I rebelled against my own skin too young to realize that without their stories I would starve.

Authentic leadership is at the root of cultures of great innovation, engagement, outstanding client experiences, and growth.

Amusement has always been the great moving force behind culture.

The study of man is the study of his extensions.

The uniqueness of every soul is not a theme that our current culture, obsessed with group identities, cares to assert.

If you're a true student of the truth, you may easily get frustrated when people try to make points based on mysticism and cultural beliefs.

The formal definition of impact is a forcible contact between two things, and God has designed our lives for a collision course with the world.

Every age gets the lunatics it deserves.

One age misunderstands another

In the enjoyment of a great myth we come nearest to experiencing as a concrete what can otherwise be understood only as an abstraction.

Chinese food in Texas is the best Chinese food in the United States except Boston.

in order to do evil, must first believe that what they are doing is good, otherwise they can't do it.

In the non-material scenario, both temple or total quality gets raised, deploying communication as mortar, culture as reinforcement, and commitment as concrete.

Reading is an important product of language that serves as a foundation of civilization. Without it, humans would essentially function on sound and instinct alone, much like beasts.

The people had once created the city. The city now created the people, or, more exactly, the people of Venice now identified themselves more in terms of the city. The private had become public.

A modern culture built on the back of dying gods immerses me.

We the people have more power than we know, and we must learn to use it judiciously.

When strategy, culture, and brand harmonize, they amplify one another and resonate loud and clear.