Quotes About Culture

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names.

I never dreamed I would receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, mostly because my style is so typically Austrian.

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is "In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.

Very helpful, I must say. Look at them in the eye and shout, and they understand every word..." (Mr. Warbeck in Sienna, talking about local Italians.)

Asia is an entertainment, Europe is a dream, America is an imprisonment and Rest is a nightmare.

I love Mormon boys!

boys, girls and music . . why do they need gin?

There is nothing more American than buying a Japanese car on the 4th of July

Assad whistled a few notes of one of his native country's melancholic songs. It sounded as though he was whistling backwards

Motto for latin countries: If you're not late, you're not on time

There probably was a time when the idea of having a toilet inside a house was repulsive.

Everything is possible in America, except the production of intelligence.

In Paris, choosing a dress is a monumental decision. In Milan, it's a kick.

...seeing the way his trousers clung to those most English parts.

It's just amazing how long this country has been going to hell without ever having got there.

Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers and boys used to dress like their fathers. Now girls drink like their fathers and boys dress like their mothers.

I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.

We must cherish our inheritance. We must preserve our nationality for the youth of our future. The story should be written down to pass on.

Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future.

The people of the future will say, 'meat-eaters!' in disgust and regard us in the same way that we regard cannibals and cannibalism.

The future of architecture is culture.

Culture is so incredibly important because it is the foundation for all future innovation. People with passion can change the world.

The future of rock n roll is Justin Bieber.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.