Quotes about Culture
When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.
— Samuel Johnson
Languages are the pedigree of nations.
— Samuel Johnson
England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
— George Bernard Shaw
When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.
— John F. Kennedy
Eating is a ritual, and rituals make things easier.
— JM Coetzee
Moer and more he is convinced that English is an unfit medium for the truth in South Africa.
— JM Coetzee
Holy flowers floating in the air, were all these tired faces in the dawn of Jazz America.
— Jack Kerouac
This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.
— Jack Kerouac
If I ever went to Paris,' said Francis, unexpectedly pensive, 'I think I would be very happy...
— Jack Kerouac
At lilac evening I walked with every muscle aching among the lights of 27th and Welton in the Denver colored section, wishing I were a Negro, feeling that the best the white world had offered was not enough ecstasy for me, not enough life, joy, kicks, darkness, music, not enough night.
— Jack Kerouac
In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.
— John F. Kennedy
As the culture war rages on, Lord give us wisdom to see the difference between defending our rights and protesting our slights.
— Kevin DeYoung