Quotes About Culture

You don't have to become an investment banker as a way of demonstrating that education has worked for you. But librarians have to believe in the values of high culture. Not just high culture but middle culture, low culture, kinds of exciting eye-catching crap of all kinds. Everyone needs that.

Size is the enemy of excellence in investment banking, particularly when you are trying to put together two different cultures.

West Indian people had made their greatest single cultural investment in cricket.

When you invite friends over, especially for food, with the food you want to send out a message of affection, of appreciation, of celebration. But also of culture - who your family is.

I wish I got invited to more luaus. I really do!

I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals.

I think it's really important that we have diversity - whether it's different languages, cultures - be involved in film and in the arts.

My whole family's been involved with music, and it's been so since the minstrel days.

My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.

Molokhia as a dish can take many forms, but usually involves a braised meat.

For any cultural performance involving me, the response from Kolkata is the most critical. If I pass here, I will pass elsewhere.

I actually think it's against the rules at Vox Media to work there if you've never dropped an iPhone.

For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.

I don't own an iPod.

The information I have about Iran is second hand.

When I go to Iran, I see... that there are all different shades and colors in Iran, from atheist to religious zealot. So Iran is no different than any other country. I mean, they are connected with the rest of the world.

I'm not Chinese, but both of my parents were born in Iran; my brother and I were the first ones born here. First in our family to go to college, that whole thing.

My parents left Iran in 1979 and moved to France and then moved to the U.S. My brother was born in France and I was born in New York, and then we moved to D.C.

Everyone in Iran has wrestled, except for me, I never wrestled in Iran for some reason.

Iran is amazing. It's beautiful. It has everything, everything you want.

Iranian people are very hospitable, very family-oriented and besides that they have a very beautiful country.

Every Iranian artist dreams of the black market. We don't care about making money.

My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.

I'm a first-generation American, so I had friends from several cultures while growing up, including Indian and Iranian friends.