Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. —Mary Ellen Kelly More about this quote Tags: perception culture scorn Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “culture” I like sports bars. Sports bars are great because they collect all of the people I don't want to hang out with, and put them in one room. —Demetri Martin More about this quote Tags: sports culture noise bars Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant. —Ring Lardner More about this quote Tags: hunger culture restaurants Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It seems that it is only the recent West that has deemed it unnecessary to "initiate" young men. Otherwise, culture after culture felt that if the young man were not introduced to "the mysteries," he would not know what to do with his pain and would almost always abuse his power. It looks like they were right. —Richard Rohr More about this quote Tags: mystery pain men culture initiation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness. —Jerry Garcia More about this quote Tags: culture weirdness chaos Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The cultured man is an artist, an artist in humanity. —Ashley Montagu More about this quote Tags: humanity art culture Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I like sports bars. Sports bars are great because they collect all of the people I don't want to hang out with, and put them in one room. —Demetri Martin More about this quote Tags: sports culture noise bars Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant. —Ring Lardner More about this quote Tags: hunger culture restaurants Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It seems that it is only the recent West that has deemed it unnecessary to "initiate" young men. Otherwise, culture after culture felt that if the young man were not introduced to "the mysteries," he would not know what to do with his pain and would almost always abuse his power. It looks like they were right. —Richard Rohr More about this quote Tags: mystery pain men culture initiation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness. —Jerry Garcia More about this quote Tags: culture weirdness chaos Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The cultured man is an artist, an artist in humanity. —Ashley Montagu More about this quote Tags: humanity art culture Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email