Culture Quotes

"Myths and legends die hard in America" "Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future." "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture." "The arts are not just the icing on the cake. They are an integral part of the cake itself." "A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic." "People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories" "Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings" "A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes" "Art is the vehicle for uniting the self with the world" "Inspiration comes from the songs, the people, the streets, and everything" "There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign" "There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign" "The primary function of art is to make us understand what life means" "The age of spin is the age I'm livin' in." "There are many kinds of education: knowledge of customs and behavior as well as knowledge of the mind" "Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors" "Culture and the way guys fight and the way guys go to prepare and the way guys go about their business is a huge reason for success in this league and in this sport" "New Zealand is not a small country but a large village" "It’s fascinating to see how versatile New York City is. It lends itself to being so many different places!" "Mo' money, mo' problems"