Quotes About Culture

I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for fashion and style. They were passions I kept secret because I didn't understand I could love clothes and hair and makeup and still like girls.

My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose. Smaller than a chicken, bigger than a rat.

I'd never heard of a holy man named after a llama. I'd never heard of a great, gaping vagina. And I didn't know a thing about the black boomerang of karma. all I knew for sure was this: I had been plunked into a strange, perfumed world that, as far as I could tell, seemed to be run entirely by women.

I realized that Southern hospitality not only came from the heart but was a practiced social art that had been passed down from one generation to the next—like fine silverware or china. Southerners had a way of doing things that made you feel special

Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things.

Coffee in styrofoam is against my religion.

We are never allowed to forget what the billboards, television, movies and the press would have us remember. From Mademoiselle 1955

Voice comes from a moment beyond the alienation of culture, it is heard before there is an "I" to listen to it.

If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

Albert Einstein put it best: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

Knowledge of and definite relationship to his genealogy is therefore necessary for a child to build up his complete body image and world picture. It is an inalienable and entitled right of every person. There is an urge, a call in everybody to follow and fulfill the tradition of his family, race, nation, and the religious community into which he was born.

They all claimed to be religious men, but what kind of religion forces polygamous "marriages" on girls still playing with Barbie dolls?

Unfortunately for Black teenagers, those cultural stereotypes do not usually include academic achievement.

Before she could put Paula in her place, a beautifully attired older woman standing near her said pointedly, "Miss July, please don't judge we Philadelphians by this graceless visitor from Memphis.

But you've got swag." "Yes, I do, because I'm from Detroit, and it's in the

But you've got swag." "Yes, I do, because I'm from Detroit, and it's in the water.

Art is the signature of civilization.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.

Our culture is friendly and intense, but if push comes to shove we'll settle for intense.

We have these cultural norms, and we allow people to say ugly things. We don't have to like it, we don't have to invite them to our dinner parties, but you should let them say it.

Part of company culture is path-dependent--it's the lessons you learn along the way.

If you have a customer-centric culture, that cures a lot of ills. Let's say you're the leader in a particular arena, if you're competitor-focused and you're already the leader, then where does your energy come from? Whereas, if you're customer focused, and you're already the leader, customers are never satisfied.