#culture

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better. ↗

— C. J. Cherryh

#biology #conditions #culture #how #living

I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.' ↗

— Tommy Chong

#always #black #brother #considered #culture

In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#ancient #arts #crete #discovery #europe

The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#culture #europe #european #european union #geography

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#because #canada #confederation #culture #decades

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#aristocratic #attitude #culture #does #emotions

Culture must have its ultimate aim in the metaphysical or it will cease to be culture. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#cease #culture #metaphysical #must #ultimate

If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#create #culture #must #preserve

Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#asia #culture #people #resources #rich

It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#attracted #country #culture #economic #economic opportunities