Quotes About Culture

Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.

In a society where you are taught to love everything, what value does that place on love?

If you consider yourself a part of the culture, then finances can't allow you to be bigger than the actual art form.

Regarding the fitness craze: America has lost its soul; now it's trying to save its body.

Without butter, without eggs, there is no reason to come to France.

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies.

Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada.

Beer is the Danish national drink, and the Danish national weakness is another beer.

The most powerful social media... it is not the internet, it is not Facebook - it is food. This connects all human beings.

Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what's right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.

Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well.

OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard.

I was always getting run-down from jet lag and being in strange towns where I didn't speak the language or know what the food was like.

The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.

In a lot of ways I think food is starting to take the place in culture that rock and roll took 30 years ago.

Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.

The gentle art of gastronomy is a friendly one. It hurdles the language barrier, makes friends among civilized people, and warms the heart.

If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.

Street food, I believe, is the salvation of the human race.