Quotes About Culture

Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.

I was born and grew up in Tokyo, so I didn't know about nature.

I lived for two years in Odawara, a castle town an hour outside of Tokyo, near the sea. It's a beautiful place, and I drew on my experiences there when writing 'The Lake of Dreams.'

Tokyo would probably be the foreign city if I had to eat one city's food for the rest of my life, every day. It would have to be Tokyo, and I think the majority of chefs you ask that question would answer the same way.

I have no favorite museum, but it could be the National Gallery in London; it could be the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Every city has a great museum.

But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.

In Tokyo, we have more three-star Michelin restaurants than Paris.

The best creative no longer has to originate in Chicago or London; it will be coming from Stockholm, Tokyo, and Seoul as well.

I love eating in San Francisco, Chiang Dao, China, Tokyo, Hanoi.

Prior to 'Tokyo Drift,' the iconic perception of Asians in Hollywood films has been either the Kung Fu guy, the Yakuza guy or some technical genius. It used to be such a joke, to be laughed at rather than with.

I was living in Paris for, like, a year and a half, and I couldn't speak French, so it was just hard to get a baguette or a pastry or whatever. All the stores close at 6 o'clock, and they're not very into hospitality, so it's not a convenient city. It's so pretty, though, but I was raised in Tokyo, so it was hard to understand.

I think it is one of the common themes for many Japanese people to choose where to live: Tokyo or their hometown.

I thought I was cool until I left the country. I went to Tokyo, and I was like, man, why am I wearing these jorts?

I went to Tokyo when I was a child, but there's still so much of the country I'd like to explore.

I particularly love the silk in Jakarta, the shoes in Tokyo and the amazing cloth from Thailand and Malaysia.

Tolerance has to be shown by those who come to this country for a new way of life. If you are not prepared to become Australian and give this country your undivided loyalty, obey our laws, respect our culture and way of life, then I suggest you go back where you came from.

Queens is famous throughout the world for diversity and tolerance. But really it's what we have in common that makes our neighborhoods work, our students succeed, and our families able to care for children and grandparents as they can.

The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all over the world - including the Islamic world, where dissidents are regularly jailed, killed, exiled or merely intimidated and silenced.

Let's be careful when we start comparing American to European tolerance because there isn't necessarily a lot of European tolerance.

Tolerance is forced on people in London.

I grew up in New York City, a town with different races, religions, and peoples. It breeds tolerance.

The fabric of our Constitution and our civilisational culture is based on tolerance.

I'm from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything, I always felt I've been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.

You can't reduce a country to its tolerance or intolerance.