Quotes About Culture

I always felt a little bit of an outsider, especially because I grew up on Oahu.

When you're an outsider and going into a culture like America, it's easier to stay away from any cliches because you're not really aware of what they are.

I grew up listening to hip hop and embracing black culture, probably because it was 'outsider art.'

For immigrant families, television is what connects you to American culture, but it's also what makes you feel like an outsider.

I'm an immigrant, and I think being an outsider in your home is something that I really relate to.

To an outsider, understanding an NFL playbook is like trying to read Japanese.

To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.

I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way.

I think that, for so much of our matriculation through American society, black people sort of feel like outsiders.

One place that I have very strong memories of is the Congo. That's somewhere I've been to four times. It's not a place where normally outsiders go, which is what makes it very special.

There are many outsiders in Bollywood and you'll find people from different parts of the world and cultures coming together.

I'm a Latina. Everything is outspoken in my culture.

The 80s was an outstanding era.

It's my heritage overall, my people. Mexicans are known for being hard-working people, showing a lot of heart. I wanted to show people I am Mexican and I'm proud of it.

We're very good at talking about the individual in American politics and excellent at talking about the government. But we have little ability to even acknowledge everything that exists in the middle, and given how influential politics is on every other part of our life, I think that failure of discourse is pretty corrosive to our overall culture.

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.

Culture in general wants to connect ethical issues with consumerism. And we can see that overflowing into something that is consumed so much, which is sports.

Most companies overlook the most basic of all training functions: the onboarding of new employees into their corporate culture.

I think that - this is my personal opinion - but sometimes African American athletes are considered overly cocky.

I definitely don't want to appropriate... not in an 'overly PC' way though.

Great leadership and great companies aren't built overnight, and they're not built without capital. And capital can sometimes be counter-productive to building a great culture.

I think twerking is overrated.

I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.

My parents were U.S. Foreign Service, so I spent a lot of time you know, overseas in various countries around the world, you know, I was an American Embassy brat and today, as a professional musician, I travel all over this country and around the world.