Quotes about Culture

Never has there been a time when men tried so desperately to have fun as they do today.

I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.

that this was the first time in the entire history of the Negro that a member of my race had been asked to speak from the same platform with white Southern men and women on any important National occasion. I was asked now to speak to an audience composed of the wealth and culture of the white South, the representatives of my former masters.

For the Greeks, beauty is truth; for the Hebrews, truth is beauty.

'Dare to Discipline' was published in 1970 in the midst of the Vietnam War and a culture of rebellion. The book was written in that context, but the principles of child rearing have not changed.

I want to look my best for God. So many people have the attitude that if you're a Christian you've got to dress bad, wear an old color, not do anything to your hair, have nothing. It's no wonder that Christianity is not very attractive. I mean, how many people do you know in a Western culture that's going to go, 'Yeah, give me some of that?'

You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, 'Merry Christmas?' Give me a break. If people don't like it, yeah, they can go do something else.

Seattle has a long tradition of celebrating local and non-local art - from the Burke and Seattle Art Museums to the Asian Art Museum.

I am very happy that TV is going back to where we belong and what we believe in, the traditions.

Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

Art is universal. When works of art become classics, it is because they transcend geographical boundaries, racial barriers and time.