Quotes About Culture

Harveys opened against the backdrop of Thatcher's greed culture.

When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.

I grew up watching English films and listening to The Doors and The Beatles.

When the Doors became huge, what nascent rock intelligentsia existed at the time adored them.

Food is kind of my entry card into everything. Food kind of opens the doors... because food is peace. It's good; it's positive.

My mother raised me right - everything from Fleetwood Mac and the Doors to Pink Floyd and so on and so forth.

In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different.

China's cinema has been rising for some time; it has more exposure, so my chances of becoming internationally known are better. But the first thing I have to do is learn English. If I can grasp the language, then perhaps I can think about the U.S.

It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart.

When I started writing, the first thing that came out was in English. I liked a few French things, but they were very overwhelming.

The first thing the Chinese ask you when they meet you is: 'How much money do you make?' It's a legitimate question to ask in China.

The first thing I heard was spiritual music, which was imbedded. The second thing I heard was swing. And shortly, along with that, I began to hear the blues. And then I began to hear Latin music. Each one left its mark.

In America, the first thing people say is, 'What do you do?'

Every man must know how to cook; this is the first thing that we are taught back home.

Everywhere I go in America, when they learn I'm from France, the first thing they ask me is if I'm a huge Jerry Lewis fan. I've never been able to figure that out.

Women just never think their lips are big enough, even when they are really big. The first thing I always hear from women when they sit down with me is, 'I need to fill my lips.' It's almost crazy how many women say that to me.

When you look at history, every major movement, the first thing they do is create an aesthetic. Think about the Nazis. Or the Maoists in China. Any kind of revolution has an aesthetic, and that's because one of the fundamental human universals that everybody in every culture throughout time has done is wear clothes.

Marc Lore has been a mentor of mine for a long time. He taught me how to hire people and how to do the hardest thing in business, which is to make a great culture. I believe Marc is the most innovative and ambitious e-commerce entrepreneur on the planet.

Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.

Art is a form of experience of the person, the place, the history of the people, and as black people, we are different. We hail from Africa to America, so the culture is mixed, from the African to the American. We can't drop that. It's reflected in the music, the dance, the poetry, and the art.

The history of Germany is a mold for the history of Belarus.

You can tell the history of people on a plate.

The history of Hawaii may be seen as a story of arrivals.

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.