Quotes about Culture

There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord, and it really interests me why people are drawn to one faith rather than another, especially to a system of belief that to an outsider seems absurd or dangerous.

Our hubris needs to be downsized, thinking that profiteering on Earth, on whatever level - environmentally, economically, culturally - is unlimited and everybody should get as much as he wants or she wants. Humans need to be shrunk again to their actual size.

This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

Many of the things we do at Basecamp would be considered unusual at most companies: paying for employees' hobbies, allowing our team to work from anywhere, even footing the bill for fresh fruits and veggies in our staff members' homes.

The Tamil audience is more receptive to unusual endings.

Me and my family used to have a Christian covers band together... like rock Christian music, upbeat, all in Indonesian. The band was called Roasted Peanuts.

The British tend to be uptight; they shy away from being tactile.

Work with people who believe what you believe.

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.

Our culture is all about shallow relationships. But that doesn't mean we should stop looking each other in the eye and having deep conversations.

When I first encountered Shakespeare as a boy, I read every word this man has written. To me, he is like an African storyteller.

You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it.