Quotes About Culture

For many tourists, a trip to Pennsylvania includes a visit to the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch country. That's an area in the southeastern part of the state where some Mennonite and Amish groups (among others) make their homes. One theory is that the term "Dutch" came about because many of the people are of German descent, and the word Deutsch was mispronounced as Dutch.

The stupid girl thinks Muslim is a language.

in certain regions of Italy, women of ill-repute or evil looks are forbidden to enter cheese factories.

Why do men think they can get away with it? Because they're men.

Kuchi zamishi is a Japanese saying. It's the act of eating because your mouth is lonely

The first contraceptive was crocodile dung," she whispered. "The Egyptians used it in 2000 BC.

Americans have totally skewed ideas about portion size. I have never been to a country that has portions as enormous as we do.

Much later, the Seleucid Babylonians, who ruled over Mesopotamia as the successors of Alexander the Great, invented a symbol to replace this ambiguous 'gap' that the old Babylonians employed. Thus, the earliest known symbol for zero () is found on many Babylonian cuneiform clay tablets from around 300 BCE.

Sophocles' plays, performed in amphitheaters, were the equivalent of today's megachurches, where customs and values were clarified and conveyed.

I made a sandwich out of things. I'm an American. We can eat anything as long as it's between two pieces of bread.

You need to know where to go, Sanya said. Yes. And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance. Yes, I said. The big man frowned for a moment. Then he said, There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.

In Chicago, you can't swing a cat without hitting an Irish pub (and angering the cat), but McAnally's place stands out from the crowd.

Merlin had, according to legend, created the White Council of Wizards from the chaos of the fall of the Roman Empire. He plunged into the flames of the burning Library of Alexandria to save the most critical texts, helped engineer the Catholic Church as a vessel to preserve knowledge and culture during Europe's Dark Ages, and leapt tall cathedrals in a single bound.

There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.

Harry. That's not how one talks to young ladies in the South.

I laughed, and Sanya and I traded a hug, a manly hug with a lot of back thumping, which he then ruined with one of those Russian kisses on both cheeks.

This is not how diplomacy is done," Anastasia said as we approached the Château Raith. "You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer.

He looks something like a Caucasian." "Impossible," I said. "He has rhythm and he can dance.

The fears of an old woman in a society that does not love or revere the wisdom of age as it once did.

A culture of discipline is not a principle of business; it is a principle of greatness.

Newfoundland's own brand of music from groups such as Great Big Sea, the Ennis Sisters, and Buddy Wassisname.

There are a few things everyone should know about Newfoundland. First and foremost is how to pronounce it correctly.

no doubt, the early traumatic shocks that young hardy brown experienced had a permanent impact on his future development and capacity to deal with the real world.... the years with the mighty mites within the orphanage setting, a term that we seldom see in modern society, provided him with a safe and non-threatening enclave with which to develop. certainly, the competitive, action-oriented game of football, as meshed with positive team experiences, added to the supportive culture.

One thing that has gone wrong in America is the general acceptance of bad ham