Quotes About Culture

North of the 49th parallel we value equality; south of it, they treasure freedom.

We are scared little mammals with millions of years of evolution telling us to scurry away from anything or anyone who threatens our well-being, but outrage culture gives us a script that we can follow: simply adopt a sneering, angry tone and repeat all of the talking points from our favorite blog or radio show while insisting that anyone who disagrees is crazy, stupid, or evil.

In America, though, where less than half of a percent of the population volunteers for the armed forces, the gap between the military and civilian cultures can be glaring.

The younger the Jews, statistics showed, the shallower their religious roots.

Whereas the business community in the West is a community of companies, the business community in Asia is a community of people. In the West, companies tend to do business with one another. In Asia, the deals are all done between personalities.

There is no such thing as an Asian market. There is not even a singular Chinese market. The degree of adaptation will depend on your product and where in Asia you hope to sell it.

René d'Anjou—"Good King René" as he was known—was one of the most important figures in European culture during the years immediately preceding the Renaissance.

by insisting on repatriation, the Rastafarian is liable to jump from the frying pan into the fire.

The culturally normalized so-called beauty practices of hair straightening and skin bleaching are indicators of this intergenerational syndrome of identity trauma

repatriation should "start in the minds and hearts of our people; in our words, actions and deeds we must go back to Africa. We may never set foot on the continent in our time, but we can live and represent our heritage each day we live in the world

neocolonization.

Scholars note that human reasoning is limited not only by imperfect information and innate intellectual capacities but also by the broader culture that subsequently shapes the very optics that individuals use to categorize the world.

the Rastafari of Pelourinho already live spiritually in the midst of Africa and Jamaica. Thus, their goal is not to abandon where they live but to transform its Babylonian elements.

born Rastafari," but had "assumed the posture" in the late seventies or early eighties after being exposed to reggae music.

the way to fight Babylon was through music.

After a year in America, Amiri changed his mind and decided to go back to Iran. He supposedly couldn't cope with the stress of his new life.

A man from a primitive culture who sees an automobile might guess that it was powered by the wind or by an antelope hidden under the car, but when he opens up the hood and sees the engine he immediately realizes that it was designed.

with a particular history, in a particular place and local culture, perhaps informed by a particular mood or thought. This means we also have to mix in human agency, the part played by people's own reactions. Altogether, it's an enigmatic alchemy of often transitory influences and impulses. As a result, there is little observable order.

I'm trying to change the culture in New York City that's hard enough!

No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City.

Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.

Now is probably a good time to make my confession about Finland, our next destination in this Nordic odyssey: I think the Finns are fantastic. I can't get enough of them. I would be perfectly happy for the Finns to rule the world. They get my vote, they've won my heart. If you ask me, they should just change the word 'fantastic' to 'Finntastic.' Helsinki? Heavensinki, more like.

This ungodly act is simply something that Finns do, like the British and their DIY, or the French and their adultery.

In some senses, the Finns can be considered über-Scandinavians.