Quotes About Culture

I was an exchange student for a summer, and most of that summer was in Ukraine. I used to say 'the Ukraine' until I was there, and one of the Ukrainian college students I got to be good friends with, he said, 'Do you say I'm going back to the Texas,' and I said, 'No.' He said, 'We don't say we're going back to the Ukraine, either.'

The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.

I just want my daughter to grow up in a society where she feels accepted being South African, German and Ukrainian.

I am so proud to be Ukrainian, and I'm also so proud to be an American.

The ukulele has always appealed to the older generation.

I grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It's what we do. You sing, you dance, you play ukulele and you drink.

Most of my ukulele heroes were traditional players from Hawaii, like Eddie Kamae and Ohta-san. There may not be uke stars in popular culture, but there are certainly pop stars that play uke - George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Taylor Swift, Train, and Paul McCartney.

The iconic Doral was once a beacon for the ultimate in luxury golf resorts, and we have fully restored it to its prior grandeur - and then some. Besides the sun, golf, and amazing Latin food, Miami is a city of culture that has something for everyone.

I've long been interested in looking at the culture of consumerism and also was interested in this connection between the American dream and the house, and the house being kind of the ultimate expression of self and success.

Culture must have its ultimate aim in the metaphysical or it will cease to be culture.

Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

My high school didn't have a football team; we just had like a surf team, because I grew up in Encinitas, California, which is the ultimate place where everyone skated or surfed, so it was a very different culture. It was, like, cool to be the art kid.

Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.

India has introduced me to my ultimate passion - acting. I don't plan to give it up, and I intend to stay here for a long, long time.

In our culture, many of us idealize love. We see it as some lofty cure-all for all of life's problems. Our movies and our stories and our history all celebrate it as life's ultimate goal, the final solution for all of our pain and struggle. And because we idealize love, we overestimate it. As a result, our relationships pay a price.

Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the diversity of their cultures is not only the means but also the ultimate goal of their liberation and their freedom.

You can take the girl out of Texas but not the Texas out of the girl and ultimately not the girl out of Texas.

Ultimately, the power of the Airbnb platform is that it motivates guests to blend into communities, belong anywhere, and live like locals.

Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?

Ultimately, it's a sense of camaraderie and friendship with local people that is core to my journeys.

Ultimately, what any company does when it is successful is merely a lagging indicator of its existing culture.

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.