3,162 Quotes About Culture

Feng thought that her mother's education would give her confidence to speak up for what is right, but no amount of learning could unshackle her from society's attitude towards women, and she chose to remain an apathetic bystander.

Hutaweza kukamilika kama hujui utamaduni wa kwenu.

Ingen var så udsat for disse dæmoniske skyggers harske ånde som en nyfødt pige, og Gawhar priste sig lykkelig ved tanken om, at de allerede nu tretten dage efter fødslen skulle indvie hende i Allahs navn og ære, så han med sin storhed kunne beskytte pigen mod al den ondskab, der svævede frit omkring dem alle både dag og nat.

Og hvem er de mennesker, der har ret til at undertrykke, knuse og dræbe? Hvor får de deres ret fra? Fra Gud, fra Allah vil de nok sige. Men kan det passe, at ældgamle bøger, at ældgamle kulturer og traditioner kan være mere værd end os to? Mere hellige end menneskeliv? Mere værd end vores eksistens? Selv i dag?

I told my family that, in my opinion, the remaining traditions of that era were what kept us women in bondage, and not the Koran. Few people know the facts, that the Koran does not call for veiling, nor the restrictions women endure in the Muslim world. It is the traditions passed down that so hinder us from moving forward.

Then I brought up the obvious, that the physical vulnerabilities of a woman can be traced to that most important function of human accomplishments, the absorption of her strength in carrying, nursing and rearing children. I have always known that this one fact doomed females to a subordinate status in all societies. Instead of attaining honour for being producers of life, we are penalized! To my mind, this fact is the scandal of civilization!

All post-Auschwitz culture, including its urgently needed critique, is garbage.

Kære brødre; en ærbar mand er ikke ham, der undertrykker kvinder, en ærbar mand er ham, der opløfter kvinder og piger til deres fulde potentiale. En ærbar mand former ikke kvinder med tvang og vold, han dikterer hende ikke, han inspirerer hende med kærlighed, trofasthed og solidaritet.

Tradition, to me, is a poison. And when you start to destroy it, those with that poison in their veins react with hostility. They think their culture has given them something, and are blind to what it has taken away.