Quotes About Culture

... Amongst all the mechanical poison that this terrible nineteenth century has poured upon men, it has given us at any rate one antidote - the Daguerreotype. (1845)

Language. By this we build pyramids, fight battles, ordain and administer laws, shape and teach religion, and knit man to man, cultivate each other, and ourselves.

I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there for two years and forgot every word of English I knew.

Living with my mom, I saw how she used language to cross boundaries, handle situations, navigate the world.

My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix.

My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything.

My mom cooked the same food every day - tortillas, beans and meat. If it was enchiladas, it was - tortillas, beans and meat. If it was burritos, it was still - tortillas, beans and meat.

My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.

I love watching old movies anyway - I grew up with my mom watching old movies and being immersed in the history of old Hollywood.

I would never date or marry an actress. I will marry the girl of my mom's choice.

My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything.

I'm a mom. I'm from Ethiopia. I gave birth in the U.S. and had all the proper care available to me. If I had given birth in Ethiopia - I don't know if I might have even survived it.

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.

I was born in the 50s, my mom was pregnant in the 50s, [Frank] Sinatra had that big come back around then, From Here to Eternity.

My mom brought me up to be a feminist. She would always point out to my brother and me that our culture does often portray women like objects...

I don't know anyone on my mom's or dad's side that was a musician.

I still live today with my mom sending me, you know, Hebrew Scriptures or phrases or celebrating.

The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.

My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.

I must admit, even though I'm the product of two Jewish parents, I think the Irish temper got in there somewhere, so I'm going to check Mom's genealogy.

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.

You might be a redneck if your Momma would rather go the racetrack than the Kennedy Center.

I didn't grow up in a mom-and-pop, Ozzie and Harriet type of environment, but who did.

My grandparents - my mom's parents - they're Jewish. But nobody ever pushed religion onto us. It wasn't something I ever grew up with.