Quotes about Culture

London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation.

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.

There's nothing American tourists like more than the things they can get at home.

When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.

An English man does not travel to see English men.

Developing relationships is a very important part of doing business, and I see more similarities than differences when I travel the world.

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.

The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

In 1900 the average person living in the United States wanted seventy-two different things and considered eighteen of them essential. Today the average person wants five hundred things and considers one hundred of them essential.

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

During these years in Stamps, I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare. He was my first white love.

What are we fighting against in our culture? Look at what's emphasized. Sports. Entertainment. Lifestyles of the rich and famous. The very same things that other great nations in history became enamored with—before their falls. Greece. Rome. Egypt. Go back and read their histories—they did exactly the same things.