Quotes About Culture

I always thought that it was kind of silly that a baseball card could be worth so much money.

Fashion is silly. Perhaps I should say fashion in general is silly. But then everything is, in general. If you talk about music in general, it's silly; about magazines, in general, they're silly.

Why does everyone think they need to be a star? It's ridiculous. The celebrity culture is so silly, and the fact that people grow up thinking that it's something to aspire to just seems wrong. I don't mean to bash my life. I love my life; I just think it's not the only way to go.

For a lot of comics who aren't as silly or physical but more intellectual, we get looked at as 'alt comics.' No, I'm still a black comic, and there are black people who want to hear my type of black comedy, but that space hasn't been built out for us.

People in Los Angeles are more used to acting silly than other people.

Usually, Hmong funerals last several days and our whole family comes together for it. It's a Hmong tradition to fold thousands of little paper boats with silver or gold paper that represent money the person could take into the afterlife, but we couldn't do that because of the coronavirus.

The conquistadors and their followers were very rough people, and they were fixated on gold and silver. They were oblivious to the astonishing achievements of the Inca civilisation.

In Leh, the bazaar is famous for its silver jewellery and leather bags, both of which I bought in plenty.

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.

Good movies beget other good movies. So when a movie captures the imagination and hearts of people around the world, it's going to have a positive influence on similar genres getting made.

The image of Ireland is projected as a male image in the acting world, similar to the way that the word of Ireland is male dominated.

'Pride And Prejudice' takes place in a similar period to 'Vanity Fair,' and yet there's a huge difference between Jane Austen and Thackeray.

I feel that we are currently living in a world that is similar to late '50s, early '60s kind of world.

I enjoy films like 'American Beauty' and want to do similar films that reflect our culture.

For example, in Malay, there are pronunciations that are similar to Chinese.

I think Korean barbecue is very accessible to Americans because it's sort of similar to something we know, but with different flavours.

On average, the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese are more similar to each other and are different from Australians, Israelis and the Swedes, who in turn are similar to each other and are different from Nigerians, Kenyans, and Jamaicans.

Cultural comparisons are good because they can tell you about what's similar, but also sometimes they make it easier to see obvious differences.

There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.

I actually don't think there is any difference between French and American cuisine. French cuisine was always about discipline, about ingredient, about creativity, but also about simple. I see America as very similar in these rights.

Everyone goes on about how Bombay is so similar to New York, so I had see what the big deal was. The bustling crowds are the same, but it's a lot quieter, it's a lot cleaner, and it's not humid. I think the energy is very similar to Bombay.

There is no other language as similar to Hebrew like Arabic.

Our offices across the globe may not be very similar in terms of the way they look, but they are very similar culturally.

As someone who grew up between two cultures, I have been fascinated with the question of why men and women with similar backgrounds to mine were drawn towards radical messages of hate and violence.