Quotes About Culture

same battles were repeatedly replayed, marking out the library as a political space. Should readers in the new nineteenth-century public libraries have the books that they desired, or books that would make them better, more cultured people? This raging debate was still echoing deep into the twentieth century:

Circulating libraries were denounced as purveyors of pornography and books of brain-rotting triviality.

On the sidewalks everyone holding either a giant coffee or a cell phone, as though a law had been declared against public displays of empty-handedness.

Self-interest and cosmopolitan tolerance combine to explain the cultural allure of the global city for immigrants and professionals.." (ch 6)

if we want to cultivate achievement-driven motivation, we need to create an environment that values and emphasizes output.

a strong and positive corporate culture is absolutely essential if dual reporting and decision-making by peers are to work.

As for cultural values, management has to develop and nurture the common set of values, objectives, and methods essential for the existence of trust. How do we do that? One way is by articulation, by spelling out these values, objectives, and methods. The other, even more important, way is by example. If our behavior at work will be regarded as in line with the values we profess, that fosters the development of a group culture.

Values and behavioral norms are simply not transmitted easily by talk or memo, but are conveyed very effectively by doing and doing visibly.

because of the ease with which Japanese office workers communicate, they have, in fact, been slow to embrace electronic mail.

we must first overcome cultural prejudice. Our society respects someone's throwing himself into sports, but anybody who works very long hours is regarded as sick, a workaholic. So the prejudices of the majority say that sports are good and fun, but work is drudgery, a necessary evil, and in no way a source of pleasure.

This is why promotion from within tends to be the approach favored by corporations with strong corporate cultures. Bring young people in at relatively low-level, well-defined jobs with low CUA factors, and over time they will share experiences with their peers, supervisors, and subordinates and will learn the values, objectives, and methods of the organization. They will gradually accept, even flourish in, the complex world of multiple bosses and peer decision-making.

Our history is a material history, not just a succession of thoughts or speech acts.

Andrew Szerba, whose Polish name was my name, Andrzej, also had bags under his eyes. Andrzej means man in Polish boy names.

What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.

Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been forced upon you by mass media and the crass culture it creates and maintains. The fact is, gardening is just the opposite - it is, or should be, a central, basic expression of human life.

Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contribute as well.

Travel is a very important part of anyone's growth. There's no book in the world, no podcast, no Anthony Bourdain episode that can ever replicate that life experience.

Only in Italy are elections as carnivalesque as they are here. Except, in Ukraine, the carnival is always anarchistic, and more or less uncontrollable.

Aga jah, Juku, selles on sul õigus küll, et eks see lugemine ole tõesti üks harjumus, sihuke harjumus, mis jääb külge ja pärast enam lahti ei saa, täpselt nagu suitsetamine. Aga suitsetamine on paha harjumus, lugemine on hea. Lugemise harjumus ei tee tervisele midagi. Suitsu sa teed?

One person believes in sprites and visits the sacred grove, and another believes in Jesus and goes to the church. It's just a matter of fashion. There's no use in getting involved with just one god; they're more like brooches or pearls, just for decoration. For hanging around your neck, or for playing with.

Tõesti, kuidas see niimoodi olla saab, et inimesed pole siiamaani võinud uudistada mõnda Kalevipoja pilti, nii et nad peavad muuseumis vahtima kes teab mis kükloope ja kentaure ja Ristija Johannese maharaiutud pead! Siis pole ime, et me räägime omavahel saksa keeles. Mis rahvas me selline oleme, kui omaenese jumalad ja vägimehed ära unustame ning peame lohutust otsima portselanist hiirtest ja kilpkonnadest!

It's fitting to learn things you don't know. Anyone who doesn't know other languages is handicapped.

Moje uznanie, Reinmarze. ?e? to, jak widz?, ?e uniwersytety mog? m?odzika nauczy? jeno pija?stwa, wszetecze?stwa i plugawej mowy. ?e?, zaprawd?.

We're not so naïve that we don't know your merchants are just outposts of your way of life. We know what follows them.