Quotes About Culture

Modern man is obsessed with beauty.

They sat in an awkward, embarrassed silence for a moment, the way Englishmen are apt to do after sharing private thoughts.

Islamic extremism is just the latest virus to thrive in Europe's nurturing environment. - Gabriel Allon

This is what happens when you send an Irishman to do a Russian's job.

The men and women pray separately," the Saudi observed archly. "Much to the dismay of more liberal Jews." "Perhaps we can change that." "Shwaya, shwaya," said Gabriel.

The Americans came in force, the French in style.

When we are wronged, we must seek revenge. It is in our culture, our bloodstream. Each time you kill or torture us, you are creating an extended family of enemies that is honor bound to take retribution. - Ibrahim Fawaz

Patience was not an American virtue.

In the Middle East, people of discretion or either spice or terrorists. – Nadia al-Bakari

weighty ashlars of the Western Wall.

Russian men don't always make the best fathers. Unfortunately, is is a cultural trait they pass on to their sons. - Elena Kharkov

The notion that modern England might not be a cultural paradise appeared to come as a shock to Brady Boswell. He was one of those Americans who formed their impressions of life in the United Kingdom by watching reruns of Masterpiece Theater. "A

But I've come to realize that this continent is dying a slow death. Europe is receding quietly into history. It's old and tired, and its young are so pessimistic about the prospects of the future they refuse to have enough children to ensure their own survival. They believe in nothing but their thirty-five-hour workweek and their August vacation.

You are your stories. You are the product of all the stories you have heard and lived—and of many that you have never heard. They have shaped how you see yourself, the world, and your place in it.

The author points to the impact of what he called Dutch disease, where the discovery of found wealth from a particular commodity causes a culture to atrophy with respect to work ethic and broader development. Continuing wealth from the single commodity is taken for granted. The government, flush with wealth, is expected to be generous. When the price of that commodity drops, a government which would remain in power dare not cut back on this generosity.

The hamburger was renamed the "liberty steak" and sauerkraut became "liberty cabbage.

Well, maybe he was learning something about Southern manners. She

As a woman who chooses to be childless, I generally have just one problem: other adults. Living in a culture where women are assumed to prioritize motherhood above all else and where a woman's personal choices are often considered matters of public discussion means everyone things they have the right to discuss my body and my choices, so anyone curious about my lack of spawn feels the right to march right on over and ask me about it.

I was surrounded by whiteness and hadn't yet learned that I was beautiful in a different way.

no one knew how to take pictures of anyone who wasn't white. So when I went to school, I studied why

People have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don't care where it is, when they look at me it's not about my intelligence. It's who can I beat up.

There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It's not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art.

The extraordinary thing about India is that it's such a family place. It's full of families everywhere.

I tend to score with songs from Western pop music.