3,162 Quotes About Culture

Food is packed with meaning, as well as vitamins, carbohydrates and protein. It satisfies needs beyond those of the body and the pocketbook. Food is a medium to build families, religious communities, ethnic boundaries and a consciousness of history.

There is no culture where everyone cooks in the same way.

The world becomes a pageant of diversity with its differences neatly organised and selected.

There probably was a time when the idea of having a toilet inside a house was repulsive.

Food is heritage. Food is economy. Food is culture. It makes no sense for a major city in the U.S. not to have someone documenting a city's foodways story, especially cities with major research universities. It ain't bougie or boring, it's protecting the truth.

Culture, like science, is no protection against demons.

I believe a writer is...the scribe-griot of his/her nation. S/he has the power to incite, ignite, excite, pacify, edify, motivate and eliminate others with the slash of a pen, click of a mouse or swipe of a finger. Though coloured by time, class, age, geography, childhood and other factors, a writer crystallises a slice of his/her society's culture, mores and its dark and light truths. A writer makes everything real.

Addison parades with many other little Falleras to the feet of the Virgin and sets down her bouquet. This moment fills her with emotion. There is an intense, delicious smell of flowers in the plaza and the Falleras are absolutely beautiful.

We, the human race, don't value children, we say we do but we don't. If we did, the legal system would be completely different globally.