Quotes About Culture

There is far more misunderstanding of Islam than there is, I think, of the other religions of the world. So many things are said of it by those who do not belong to that faith.

I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.

Patriarchal religions, like Judaism and Christianity, established and upheld the 'man's world.'

America didn't invent human rights. Those rights are common to all people: nations, cultures, and religions cannot choose to simply opt out of them.

India is the country which makes the maximum number of movies. Cinema is one of our religions.

Most cultures believe, and most religions believe, that there is a spirit, there is a soul, there is something that happens when we die where this spirit leaves our body.

As the culture war is about irreconcilable beliefs about God and man, right and wrong, good and evil, and is at root a religious war, it will be with us so long as men are free to act on their beliefs.

Five years from now, 10 years from now, there's going to be a huge Islamic population in the world, they're going to be nationalistic, they're going to be religious, and they're going to be militant.

Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe Caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe Caste because they are deeply religious.

Religious representations are collective representations which express collective realities.

As my mother is a Kerala Brahmin and my father a Kerala Nair, every day in the house is like a religious festival.

We don't need this religious cosmopolitanism. It's no good.

We're not religious, but we've always done Passover and Hanukkah.

I was always in new schools and had British parents, which was not the norm, and I think there was also... I'm not particularly religious, but I was born Jewish, and I always felt like the outsider because I wasn't Christian or Catholic.

My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.

I had to learn to navigate the political and religious currents in a state where Mormonism dominates despite not being Mormon.

Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

America was first colonized by Puritans. Most of our earliest immigrants, and many since, have come here in order to practice their religious beliefs as they please. Our culture has always been, and will most likely always be, profoundly influenced by religion.

I like to think of religion as languages, our religion is very cultural, it has a lot to do with where we are born on this planet, it can really impact our religious beliefs.

As a follower of Jesus, I am called to work for justice and reconciliation, and to be an advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves. I plan to focus my future work on human rights and religious freedom - both domestic and international - as well as matters of the culture and the American family.

Most people I know are not hard-core religious people. They are what I would call 'lightly religious.' So I don't buy the notion that we can't laugh about religion in America.

While I am very much Jewish 'identified,' I'm not a very religious person.

I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant.

You don't have to be a religious person to be affected by religion or a religious movement.