Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kay Redfield Jamison

A possible link between 'madness' and genius is one of the oldest and most persistent of cultural notions.

Sam Brownback

I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.

He represented kind of the lowest residue of cultural knowledge. The implication is that every English speaker by the 1380s would have known Robin Hood. ... That's a pretty extraordinary idea.

I think that was a contribution to the community, an enlightening cultural exchange,

In my opinion, that has to change. If we are to grow as a region as a tech-based economy, and a knowledge-based economy, we have to embrace those ideas, or at least be willing to be open-minded or experimental about that. It's not a question of are we ready for this in some cultural sense -- enough people are for this to happen. It's one we have to embrace.

It's just another instance where the cultural wars are going to be fought out in our classrooms.

Stephen Perkins

It's a side of museums that many people don't see and sometimes don't understand when they see it in your budget. It's something that happens out of the way and it's not flashy but we're ensuring the long-term health of the cultural legacy of the area.

This is a cultural problem in Europe. (People) want to keep all their comforts, all their security, vacations, all their job packages.

They've gone to the trouble to try to educate people that there is a cultural taboo there,

Henry Paulson

For decades, Indians have immigrated to the United States, joined our communities, and raised their families while maintaining their cultural heritage.

Michael W. Smith

It's OK that there are cultural differences. I hope this movie sparks conversations that will turn into action.

It's the most important cultural weekend, maybe in the country.

There's a kind of cultural revolution going on at Volkswagen and Mercedes. They're doing much more than they've ever done before.

Rebecca Brown

It's a cultural thing, a gospel thing. I just can't stop coming.

It pulls kids from every peer group, of every cultural background.

This is the greatest damage to and loss of cultural institutions and cultural patrimony in the history of the country.

It's a tourism issue. It's a cultural issue and it's an economic issue for us.

Alan Ball

It's a twisted little look at cultural imperialism as refracted through a relationship between a trust-fund stoner and a male prostitute, ... It's really fun.

It's a big cultural shift. The question is, can we do it?

Vladimir Putin

The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature.

Buchi Emecheta

I usually make sure that my stories are from Africa or my own background so as to highlight the cultural background at the same time as telling the story.

Patrick Stump

We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'

The region needs peace, economic development and real exercise of cultural rights for Kurds.

We regard witchcraft, as part of the mystery of our cultural heritage

James Hall

As long as there are differences in the interpretation -- and there are significant differences in the cultural interpretations of some expressions on the recorder -- I think it is unfair ... for us to characterize it,

Annalee Newitz

People who gentrify are usually new transplants to a city, changing it to suit their particular cultural needs and whims.

Cody and Luther were kids in high school who used to come to the juke joint and sit in the corner, petrified of interacting. But I didn't look at Junior and R.L. as giant heroes of the blues. I looked at them as living continuations of Fred McDowell and John Lee Hooker and guys like that. It was a cultural experience for me.

Simon Rattle

The situation is catastrophic. I can see the hopeless situation of the city... this cultural dismantling is an incredible shame for Berlin.

Peter Bogdanovich

The Telluride Film Festival is different from all other festivals for its un-hyped enthusiasm and casualness, ... The Industry likes that about the event. It's not one big photo op. It has always been more about movies as fun and a cultural medium, than the marketplace.

David Harsanyi

A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving.

Deepak Chopra

It would be a real mistake for us to think that India will ever influence the world through its outsourcing or through its software technology. If India is going to influence the world, it will be through a cultural invasion, a cultural colonization.

This is an important cultural moment. This is the first true national ID card.

Robert Hunter

This could be the cultural linchpin of downtown Palmetto.