3,162 Quotes About Culture

And watching this silently, as was my way, I marveled at the bonds between us-the way we shortened our words, or spoke, sometimes, with no words at all...an entire world of our own, hidden away from them, and to be part of that world, I felt even then, was to be in on a secret, a secret that was in you.

Many people--whether they live in the heartland or on Fifth Avenue--like to think of New York City as so wild and extreme in its cultural fusion that it's an anomaly in the United States, almost a foreign entity. This book offers an alternative view: that beneath the level of myth and politics and high ideals, down where real people live and interact, Manhattan is where America began.

Nhưng sống cuộc đời của một học giả độc lập, vẫn làm việc được dù thường xuyên thay đổi chỗ ở, thậm chí giấu cả địa chỉ, lại là nét đặc sắc của thế kỷ 17!

Học giả ở rải rác khắp Âu châu, không còn giao lưu qua kênh truyền thống của đại học nữa mà bằng con đường thư từ để trao đổi thông tin và hợp tác khoa học.

Every new age has at its disposal everything that was fine in all past ages, and its greatness depends on how well it recognizes and preserves and brings to the aid of its own enlightenment whatever worthy and true things the dead have left on earth behind them.

Wherever young people are growing up, they deserve to know what went into the making of their world. They have a right to be free to enjoy the richness that history and culture have bequeathed them.

There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.

Japan is the most developed Asian country and a major player in global business.

In the Asian century, long term business relationships will begin with a good cultural understanding