Quotes About Culture

I am convinced that if we lose kids to the culture of drugs and materialism, of violence and war, it's because we don't dare them, not because we don't entertain them. It's because we make the gospel too easy, not because we make it too difficult. Kids want to do something heroic with their lives, which is why they play video games and join the army. But what are they to do with a church that teaches them to tiptoe through life so they can arrive safely at death?

It was a shame Christians had become so normal.

The sins we confess are not just drinking too much beer but also getting drunk on the cocktails of culture. We are not just laying our lives at the altar with nothing to pick up but we are also picking up an irresistible revolution that the world is waiting for.

In our cultural value system, we have divided up human traits between the sexes and consequently have denied each sex a part of its humanity.

The worlds of poverty and wealth collided, and I guess I felt a little dose of what the experts call culture shock. According to Mother Teresa, it is among the wealthy that we can find the most terrible poverty of all— loneliness. So perhaps I was still among the poorest of the poor, but these poor folks had some cash!

To cling to the gift of life we've been given and scramble to protect our own interests is to cooperate in a culture of death that threatens to destroy us all.

In our culture of "seeker sensitivity" and radical inclusivity, the great temptation is to compromise the cost of discipleship in order to draw a larger crowd. With the most sincere hearts, we do not want to see anyone walk away from Jesus because of the discomfort of his cross, so we clip the claws on the Lion a little, we clean up a bit the bloody Passion we are called to follow.

image culture dramatically shapes the way we think. It also determines what we think about. Images are not well suited to articulate arguments, categories, or abstractions. They are far better suited for presenting impressions and experiences.

The radio returned our culture to the experience of the tribal campfire with its shared stories, songs, and banter.

Becky, are you studying conversational Yiddish?

You drink root beer while you watch an NBA game? You are an American wannabe, aren't you?" "That is perhaps the most horrid thing you could say to an Englishman." "Worse than French wannabe?" "Well, there is that.

More guns! Weren't they supposed to just use bully clubs in England? Where had she been getting her information?

El mundo es bello, pero la gente lo hace feo

Glancing aside, for Liadens counted a too-long stare at the face as rudeness

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Chocolate family meets vanilla family in the artificial reality that is a mall. Caramel daughter caught helplessly between the two.

You know, children, quilts, like stories, are part of our heritage, part of our culture. Some quilts even tell stories. Our past is a patchwork of memories and tales. You all keep that forever tucked in your pockets, you hear?

Boondocks' is simply the Tagalog word for mountains.

That was when I realized how fragile a cultural tradition is. If just one generation breaks the chain, a bit of the family's cultural heritage can be lost forever. Each of us is the only link between the past and the future. All the songs and stories you heard from your elders, all the people you knew as a child who are gone now, all the family traditions—if you don't keep them alive by sharing them with the next generation, they will disappear.

India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.

In India we celebrate the commonality of major differences; we are a land of belonging rather than of blood.

Everything is recycled in India, even dreams.

If America is a melting-pot, then to me India is a thali, a selection of sumptuous dishes in different bowls. Each tastes different, and does not necessarily mix with the next, but they belong together on the same plate, and they complement each other in making the meal a satisfying repast.