Quotes About Culture

And I don't know what I'd do at a fraternity party. All that might be a little lost on me.

Mardi Gras, the drinking, the partying - that scared me.

I'm not going to date a crazy party animal; I'm more into culture. I'd rather go to a museum, travel somewhere, or go to a play. That's more interesting to me than partying at the hottest club.

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what should be a hungry culture but you have it diminished... that's kind of disappointing.

You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car.

A Passage to India. It is my favourite movie.

It amazes me that the most Christian funerals are the most barbaric funeral rites of passage that are celebrated anywhere in the world.

'A Passage To India' by E. M. Forster - It opened my mind to a world I'd never known before.

I think it's a rite of passage that the minute you land in Japan, you have to go to a karaoke bar.

Especially when we're dealing with issues of race, culture, identity, and history, the time has passed for the 'white savior' holding the black person's hand through their own history.

I've always felt that there's a Catskills comic who lives in my head and is constantly trying to get out. There's all these jokes that have been passed down from Jewish generation to Jewish generation, which I love but which I've always made fun of.

My mom passed away when I was 4 years old, and she came from a very conservative Korean background. I feel like my life would've been incredibly different had she still been alive.

The lifestyle that I grew up in, it was passed on to me. I didn't know there was another world.

When we were doing shows in the mid-'90s, the audiences were 95% black. What's happened now is the gentrification of hip-hop. A lot of cities passed ordinances that made it hard for black audiences to gather in large groups. Clubs are more open to hip-hop now 'cause it's the same crowd that goes to rock shows.

I'm pretty sure people are going to start writing letters again once the email fad passes.

The Bible, however, was not created to be amended and altered with each passing culture.

I think it's safe to say that if you talk to anybody in Ireland, they'll have a passing knowledge of the guitar. It was something that I couldn't get away from when I was younger: guitars played in shops and parties, just everywhere.

Man did not create society; society existed before man.

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.

Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture. By culture we mean beliefs, values and lifestyles. We cover a broad range of issues, and we work very internationally.

religion has been the historically most widespread and effective instrumentality of legitimation.

Dan watched in awe. "I didn't know you talk Turkey." "I speak Turkish.