3,162 Quotes About Culture

The dominating idea of English society was not cultivate virtue but to avoid scandal.

True Christianity cuts across all other religions and creates its own culture.

Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. We've never quite made peace with that in the theater---set designer Robin Wagner

Death is universal. The rituals associated with it, however, vary substantially—and are greatly influenced by their religious and cultural context.

I beg your pardon, sir, said the Frenchman. I am not a coloniser.Well, let’s talk Algeria then. Let’s talk about your culture and your celebrated writers.

Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster.

We might laugh at the notion of plastic tea sets in the jungle, but it is a time-honored ritual for Western travelers to collect preindustrial artifacts to use as home decorations...Possession of primitive artifacts suggests worldly knowledge, just as in the highland communities of Borneo an electronic wristwatch that plays "Happy Birthday" is the mark of a great traveler. Funny thing how travel can narrow the mind.

Culture is fundamental. Literature saves you. Cinema saves you.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit