Quotes About Culture

It was said that the Mongols picked up women at one village and dropped them off at the next—having sex along the course of the journey.

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

ART is life, let's tattoo the world with art.

huevos rancheros.

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

But merely being tradition does not make something worthy, Kadash. We can't just assume that because something is old it is right .

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

When heritage becomes a box instead of an inspiration, it has gone too far.

I'm Teoish," Sarene said, successfully spearing something that looked like a marinated piece of shrimp. "We're all this tall." "Father's Teoish too, Kaise," Daorn said. "And you know how tall he is." "But father's fat," Kaise pointed out. "Why aren't you fat too, Sarene?

Prince Adolin," he said flatly, "is engaged to a Horneater?

I'm from southern Arelon, Princess," Ahan said, reaching for some more clams. "To us, round is beautiful. Not everyone wants their women to look like starving schoolboys.

The past is boring anyway. We always pretend the ideals and culture of the past have aged like wine, but in truth, the ideas of the past tend to age more like biscuits. They simply get stale.

You could tell a lot about people from the way they talked. You saw their past, their upbringing, their aspirations—all in the words they used.

The problem with people was that everyone saw other nations from far away. Saw them as big mountainous blobs. Foreigners. Strange. Got it. Up close, it was hard to see people that way. Each was so distinctive.

They're trying to be good. But they're, you know, Alethi. Conquering folks is basically their primary cultural heritage.

Every single thing in the city that we touch, see, feel, experience comes as the result of some person's influence.

My lord. There is great importance to tea. It should never merely be 'whatever.

Cities balanced on the edge of sustainability, always one step from starvation. When you pressed so many people together, their cultures, ideas, and stenches rubbed off on one another. The result wasn't civilization. It was contained chaos, pressurized, bottled up so it couldn't escape.

You want to get a palaquin?" Lopen asked. "Those are for women." "Ain't nothing wrong with being a woman, gancho," Lopen said. "Some of my relatives are women.

Larsta love oath is binding. They knew no form of divorce in their culture.

Don't you know how to use chopsticks?" Joel asked. Melody grimaced. "I've never been one for European food. A fork works just fine.

People, they misunderstood the word "accent." They thought accents were those things everybody else had.

Welcome to civilization. I trust you left your club and loincloth at the door.

There will be people like this in any culture, for every society is made of individuals. You must learn this. Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.