Quotes of: Western-culture Keyword

Fear of nature led to society; hatred among men lead to culture; envy among women led to virtue.

Thiruman Archunan

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

Theodore Bikel

Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit.

Tom Cochrane

High culture is paranoid about sentiment. But human beings are intensely sentimental.

Thomas Kinkade

La barbarie n est le contraire de la culture que dans le cadre de la hierarchie de pensee que celle-ci nous propose.

Thomas Mann

You don’t go on bended-knee to petition the official culture for your rights. You have to take them.

Terence McKenna

The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams.

Terence McKenna

Wherever I go throughout the world - no matter the language, no matter the culture - I thrill to hear the testimonies of the Saints.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.

Lionel Trilling

If 9 out of 10 grandmothers selected from 10 respective cultures can agree it is evil, then it's evil. Cut it out.

Lynda Williams

Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards.

Michael Bergdahl

It's difficult sometimes when you have somebody who is of a different culture trying to make light of something that is maybe not quite something that they understand.

Michael Chang

Kid's culture is often dismissed as superficial, like high fibre McDonald's, but it's so much more important than that.

Morris Gleitzman

I believe that reforms will not really take hold if they do not gradually come into the culture of the people.

Mario Monti

When elected officials and others contribute to a climate and culture that fosters hyper-partisanship, we've got to blow the whistle.

Mark McKinnon

If you want to judge the performance of the Egyptian people by the standards of German or Chinese or American culture, then there is no room for judgment.

Mohammed Morsi

I think you can have a Left that isn't culturally conservative talking about lunch-bucket issues.

Richard Rorty

For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.

Sam Abell

Pot lucks are fun, especially when you encourage your guests to bring dishes that represent their families or cultures.

Marcus Samuelsson

This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist.

Marjane Satrapi