Quotes About Culture

Dengan bangsaku sendiri aku merasa lebih terjamin.

Bila ada Pamali turun, barang atau pakaian peninggalan orang mati dikumpulkan dan diletakan di gebrahe

Adat itu bikin orang jadi bodo. Adat larang orang kampung belajar menulis, membaca, bikin gambar.

Ruapanya orang gunung hanya bercawat setiap hari. Mereka baru berpakaian bila ada tamu atau pada kesempatan-kesempatan terentu.

Fina bara kurang ajar sama Ngama. Jangan kurang ajar sama Ngama. Hormati suamimu.

Saya sendiri tidak mengerti yang sebenarnya tentang peraturan adat secara lengkap, Ngama. Tapi kenyataannya Ngama Hinolong dan Katcodin sendiri juga ada gambarnya. Malah bicara Indonesia baik. Mengapa kita tak bisa? Adat untuk kita semua.

Ia pun sesungguhnya mengerti orang-orang di gunung itu ingin belajar, ingin bergambar sebagaimana mereka yang tinggal di darat, di pantai, dan di tempat-tempat lain.

Temuilah saudara-saudaramu yang baru datang dari Jawa, karena kalian adalah anak-anak dari ibu Jawa - Beberapa Pemuda Arafuru Yang Menemui Suyud Dkk Para Buangan di Pulau Buru

Eropa gila sama dengan Pribumi gila.

Perjalanan yang mengandung banyak peristiwa itu aku nilai berhasil. Kami telah temukan wanita yang kami cari itu. Benar sekali, ibu itu tidak bisa diajak bicara. Kami dapat memahami. Ia terikat pada sumpah Buru. Sampai hari tuanya, tanpa sesuatu harapan pun kecuali mati, ia tetap setia pada sumpahnya; sumpah untuk menyangkal diri, asal, kebudayaan, dan peradaban sendiri. Sumbernya tetap sama; malu kembali pada keluarga.

Satu-satunya bukti pembesar Jawa tidak berniat punya harem hanya dengan beristri orang Eropa, Totok atau Indo. Dengannya ia tak bakal bermadu.

Ah, Mas Nganten ini. Bagi orang kebanyakan seperti sahaya ini kita kawin supaya semakin susah. Tentu beda dengan para priyayi besar, mereka kawin supaya jadi senang.

Don't behave in a funny manner. We must have Calcutta in India.

I believe economic growth should translate into the happiness and progress of all. Along with it, there should be development of art and culture, literature and education, science and technology. We have to see how to harness the many resources of India for achieving common good and for inclusive growth.

History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.

By being the servant of all, a Hindu seeks to uplift himself. That is how the Hindus should uplift the masses, and not by looking for any foreign influence.

I can see that an insufficent, or perhaps even defective, socialization process has led you to believe that four-letter words add power to languauge

Rock Steady' by Aretha Franklin, 'Cold Sweat' by James [Brown], all the Stax records, Ike and Tina Turner – we took it for granted, thinking that music would always be like that. That was just normal to us.

Rhythm came from Africa. We need 2 stop frontin' about that. Rhythm and heartbeats.

Brazilians live there. (on the key problems facing Brazil)

How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test? (to a driving instructor in Scotland)

You look as if you're ready for bed. (to the Nigerian President, who was dressed in traditional robes)

It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happy with that.

At times I experience hardship in trying to find the proper point of balance between traditional things and my own personality.