culture Quotes

Beautiful speech doesn't need protection, it's ugly speech that needs protection. We have these cultural norms that allow people to say really ugly things. You don't have to invite them to your dinner party, but you should let them say it.

Part of company culture is path-dependent - it's the lessons you learn along the way.

Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable.

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.

I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.