3,162 Quotes About Culture

Culture is like a giant mirror which enables us to see who we are more clearly. The various facets of a culture also provide us with the means to change what we do not like in the mirror, and retain what we cherish most.

A culture that denies death is a barrier to achieving a good death. Overcoming our fears and wild misconceptions about death will be no small task, but we shouldn't forget how quickly other cultural prejudices--racism, sexism, homophobia--have begun to topple in the recent past. It is high time death had its own moment of truth.

A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing. You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need.

This particular strand of feminism is characterized by two tenets: 1. men are jerks, and 2. women should strive by all means to become like them.

The essence of religious texts is the knowledge of self. If you remove the essence, what remains is just cultural fluff. Then reading the stories of gods is no better than reading a novel. It is perhaps worse because it keeps you in the illusion that you are religious or spiritual.

To most Americans, a dog is a potential mate. To some Chinese, a dog is potential meat.

The ideal personality is embodied, in Mead's words, in "every thread of the social fabric–in the care of the young child, the games the children play, the songs the people sing, the political organization, the religious observance, the art and the philosophy." Other traits are ignored, discouraged, or if all else fails, ridiculed. What is the ideal in our culture?

Don't travel to to other people countries. If your not willing to respect their rules, tradition, customs, culture and views. You are not there to mock their ways, but you're there to learn from them.

[M]any people say things like ‘investing in a love relationship’ as if they are talking about investing in stock market or in financial projects. That is a customer not a human or a citizen language. This type of language is filled with clues about how we have internalized ourselves as customers.