(2005 quotes found)
“Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but somehow it does something.”
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
“America's culture is also defined by the fact that we are a religious people. We recognize our God not only in our Declaration of Independence, but even in our currency. And we are also unique in that we recognize that the family is the fundamental building block of American society.”
Mitt Romney
“There are all kinds of myths going on in the Italian culture, and the way they celebrate is through their food. It's the tradition of the table where the Italians celebrate most of their triumphs and successes.”
Mario Batali
“If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty much be left with "Let's Make a Deal”
Fran Lebowitz
“If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift will find a fitting place.”
Margaret Mead
“Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture: from the necessity for defending itself against the crushing supremacy of nature”
Sigmund Freud
“The writer in America isn't part of the culture of this country. He's like a fine dog. People like him around, but he's of no use. . . .”
William Faulkner
“I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.”
Lord Chesterfield
“A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.”
Ayn Rand
“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?”
Ernest Gaines
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