Quotes About Culture

The very essence of civilized culture is that we deliberately erect monuments and memorials, lest we forget...

The local is the only universal, upon that all art builds.

The local is the only universal, upon that all art is built.

A novel is a commodity that fulfills a certain need; people need to buy daydreams like they need to buy ice cream or aspirin or gin. They even need to buy a pinch of intellectual catnip now and then to liven up their thoughts...

In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin,Before polygamy was made a sin.

In our youth-oriented culture, aging is feared, something to be put off as long as possible.It has been said:"Everyone wants to live a long time, but no one wants to grow old.

One of the things you learn when you go overseas is how much a lot of the countries overseas really just like to enjoy life.

If you are bored with Berkeley and San Francisco, you are bored with life.

Monty Python: A documentary series on everyday life in Great Britain.

Life to most Greeks may be either tragic or comic or a mixture of both; but one thing it never is - and that is, meaningless.

In France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life.

Around the world today people are spontaneously spawning a culture dedicated to creating conditions conducive to life.

Inside me I'm Ghanaian, and I'm proud to be African. But of course I'm Italian. I was born in Italy. I've never been to Africa in my life, but I will go one day.

I have been a huge fan of America, as I find their way of life there is pretty unique, and I have enjoyed a lot of good times over there.

A little part of my life is built around ancient art.

Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.

I would not describe myself as an avid jazz fan and I am not a jazz musician myself. However, that is not to say that jazz does not play a vital and important role in my life.

For a million years the sound of making handaxes provided the percussion of everyday life. Anyone choosing a hundred objects to tell a history of the world would have to include a handaxe.

I have not got accustomed to English life. The food is truly disastrous and it rains all the time.

I arrived in Hollywood and lived much of my life in America, but the fans did not really know me.

The Pro-Life cause is the preeminent cause of our time, and this struggle between the gospel of life and the culture of death will determine the destiny of mankind.

Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.

When you're a foreigner, at the beginning you are far away from the culture. Then, little by little, you start to interact with people, have friends, have a life, and then you feel more comfortable.

I have always tried...to lay before the colored race a cross section of it's own life, to view the colored heart from close range.