Quotes About Culture

Whether they come from Brooks Brothers or a thrift store, the sweaters we wear have a magnificent ancestry. Their history spans the worlds of Irish fishermen, French knights, World War I soldiers, busty Hollywood 'sweater girls,' and the television saint Mr. Rogers. That history lives in each garment. By being aware of it, we can better appreciate what we have.

If there's a Disney animated feature based in Hawaii, I knew I had to be part of it. I'm very proud to be from Hawaii. There was no question the role was mine.

There was no question of ever sending us to Jewish schools... They wanted us out there. They wanted us to be lawyers and doctors. They wanted us out of the religious thing, apart from that ethnic bonding.

I'll only move in with my husband. There's no question of a live-in relationship.

There's no question that I am biased toward the Hebrew calendar over the Gregorian one.

There is no question of the government or myself attaching less importance to the use of English.

There is no reason why an American scholar cannot by himself or herself develop an adequate understanding of another culture. And I don't find any reason to suppose that the birth within a culture automatically confers understanding.

It's no secret that I love the country, and Japan has always felt like a second home to me.

Italians have no sense of the dramatic.

My music would make no sense without flamenco.

It makes no sense to me at all to give away music for free. The very fact that we have to do that cheapens the music. And there's a huge effect to that of music not playing such a big part in peoples' lives anymore.

I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.

For a century, women have binged on romance novels that encouraged them to associate intimidation with infatuation; it's no wonder that this emotional hangover still lingers.

The thing I love about hip-hop is that it's so creative. It's so creatively rewarding. When you hit it, and you hit it big, there are no words.

I don't know why people feel the need to do this to me, but my friend asked my dad, 'Aren't your proud of Jimmy now that he's a successful actor?' And my dad was like, 'No, not really. I wish he was a scientist.' I guess scientist is more noble in the Asian culture.

My father and mother emigrated to Canada in 1958, but there's nobody more English than an Englishman who no longer lives in England, and our home was a shrine to all things English.

I claim that space is part of our culture. You've heard complaints that nobody knows the names of the astronauts, that nobody gets excited about launches, that nobody cares anymore except people in the industry. I don't believe that for a minute.

Chicago is not a very fashion-driven place. Nobody says, 'Oh, you've got to come see these fabulous people!' Nobody cares.

Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud.

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

Hip hop is a multi-billion dollar business, and it was built off an opportunity that nobody else saw because they didn't understand the culture.

The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes.

We live in a culture where we're bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.

There's no question that there is more anti-religion noise in Britain.