Quotes About Culture

In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult to persuade well-meaning helpers that solitude can be as therapeutic as emotional support.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

Les miroirs sont nos auberges espagnoles.

Leemos porque, aunque leer no sea indispensable para vivir, la vida es más agradable, más clara, más rica para aquellos que leen que para aquellos que no lo hacen. En un sentido más simple todavía: vivir es más fácil para aquellos que saben leer, no solamente las noticias, las instrucciones de uso, las ordenanzas, los periódicos y las papeletas de voto, sino también los textos literarios.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

Jeff was called "dawg," "bro," "dude," and "Holmes," and

We've got a gallery here, in Chelsea. Plus London and Berlin. That's why I'm trying to get to Germany. For an opening.

There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on science and art are as well.

Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you dont have a passport.

All Russia is our orchard.

It is not sufficient to tell native kids to be proud of who they are if we do not also at the same time tell them who they are. The struggle in connecting young people to their traditions is compounded by a school system that consistently provides opportunities to learn about others but very few for native kids to learn about themselves. We have a lot of work to do.

When you speak someone's language, they get you. And the passion is contagious.

As we seek to shape the change, we first have to see and explain to the world why language revitalization is important. Language warriors see the importance of their language, center their lives around it, and lead the effort to bring it back.

There is no way to convince everyone to support the revitalization of our languages, so laying out reasons for our efforts does not mean we wait for them all to join the movement. We act and advocate at the same time. The acting is required to combat inertia. We don't have time to waste.

Bchook", machte das Huhn. "Sprich ordentlich!", schimpfte Arend und gab ihm einen leichten Klaps. […] "Bchok", bemerkte [das Huhn] dort, warf Arend einen beleidigten Blick zu und verbarg den Kop in [Neeles] Hals. "Es hat Arabisch gelernt", stellte sie verblüfft fest und streichelte seinen weißen Federflaum.

To these women, the veil constitutes an extremely important part of the idea of 'getting dressed', whereas in the West the veil represents a symbol of male dominance..

Some Albanians who have worn a veil say it creates a kind of freedom by giving them anonymity and symbolic invulnerability when outside the home.

We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human.

Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones.

Avant-garde artistes such as respondents remain entirely free to épater les bourgeois; they are merely deprived of the additional satisfaction of having the bourgeoisie taxed to pay for it.

In the 1920s and 1930s Germany was the leader of the world in most areas you could name—the physical sciences, historical scholarship, music, philosophy, public education. The most sobering fact about the Holocaust is that it was there, and not in some backward, underdeveloped country, that it occurred.

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.