Quotes About Culture

The human condition is not served by our technical ability to transmit a televised image around the world - if that image is totally inane.

And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

Technology shapes society and society shapes technology.

The influence of modern physics goes beyond technology. It extends to the realm of thought and culture where it has led to a deep revision in man's conception of the universe and his relation to it

The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.

We were badly held back not just by the technology, but by the culture of journalism.

Social media is great, I guess, but it feels like technology is the sapper of innocence.

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.

Advances in technology have opened up possibilities in the cultural realm throughout history. I'm intrigued by developments in technology - as an artist it gives me a new palette to explore.

Technologies tend to undermine community and encourage individualism.

[Internet] is kind of like a hammer. The technology itself doesn't determine how its used. It depends on the social, cultural and economic context in which the technology is made available.

The civilized man is technologically ahead of — intellectually behind — his time.

Innovation in an existing company is not just the sum of great technology, key acquisitions, or smart people. Corporate innovation needs a culture that matches and supports it.

The eighties were my teen years, so the GoGos are sort of a touchstone.

You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, Don't feed them. If you feed them, they'll never leave.

People always think of Chinese food as the go-to ethnic food when everything else is closed during the holidays, but Indian is a nice alternative. Plus - Indians? Thanksgiving? Kinda makes sense.

Americans are gluttons. We shop with forklifts. We have a holiday where we stuff food into other food. Our strippers wrestle in Jell-O, where other countries have to use mud.

There is no Thanksgiving back in the old country where I come from. You know why? Because being thankful is a sin.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Or, as it's known to Native Americans - Sarcastic You're Welcomesgiving.

Southerners have been known to stay over the Fourth and not get home before Thanksgiving. Some oldtimers take in overnight guests and keep them through three generations.

Im not from the States, so Thanksgiving, for me, was never a huge tradition.

It [Thanksgiving] was founded by the Puritans to give thanks for bein' preserved from the Indians, an' we keep it to give thanks we are preserved from the Puritans.

Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.

I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.