Quotes About Culture

The French don't think everyone should have the same bank balance, but they're offended by extremes of inequality.

While people loved me in Tashan-E-Ishq,' there were some who felt that since I am a Punjabi, I managed to get it right. The actor in me was really offended. So I took up Dil Se Dil Tak,' as I had to play a Gujarati girl in it.

Growing up in the South, we say 'Yes Ma'am' and 'No Ma'am.' Here in Hollywood, people get offended.

Good grief, we're getting offended by everything these days! People can't say anything without offending somebody.

No offense, but I don't get the whole concept of arranged marriage. I'd rather know the person who I'll settle down with.

Certain things were deemed to be offensive. It was usually bad language.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

I think that 'Judaizing the Galilee' is not an offensive term. We used to talk like that.

Gay nightclubs offer better dance music.

People talk about Japanese kids as being inward-looking. But my experience is that if you offer them an opportunity, they'll take it.

It's hard for it to make a mark in this city because London has so much culture to offer.

I was brought up in a way that when you're at a dinner party, you don't grab a chip unless it's been offered to everyone else. It's the manners of being brought up by English parents.

We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king.

When I was 18, I took it for granted and was eager to move on to the bigger cities like Boston and then New York. But I've been to enough places to have gained a greater appreciation for the beauty and rich culture of all of Rhode Island. I am grateful for all that it offered during my childhood.

I was offered my first film right after my 10th board exams. Back then, I didn't even know they made films in the South. Films, I thought, were either in Hindi or English.

When you go to watch a baseball game, when you go to watch an NBA game, when you watch an NFL game, when you go to watch movies, the offering that those arenas are doing foodwise is 'all the hot dogs you can eat'; all the French fries you can eat; for $20 you can eat 20 hot dogs.

If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter, of National Review - there is not much reason to pay it attention.

I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.

The thing that I love about India is the diversity. Every city is different and offers something unique so it's hard to pick a favourite.

By creating a feedback culture within your office, you ensure that people continue to learn, grow, and challenge themselves.

The right people don't care about a corner office - they care about the culture, if you're mission-driven, what you're going to do to make the world a better place.

I think there'll be a little more Cuban coffee in the governor's office once I'm up there.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

People in the BBC are always dying to get out of their open-plan offices.