#culture

I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#alienated #because #been #civilization #completely

We are somehow natured, not just to reproduce, but for sociality and even for culture. ↗

— Leon Kass

#even #just #reproduce #somehow

It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#black #black history #celebrate #commemorate #continue

Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things that it has changed your outlook in some ways. And not necessarily made you a better human being but made you see things. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#being #better #bit #changed #culture

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#culture #cultures #destroy #force #fragile

In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one. ↗

— Pat Boone

#culture #entertainers #good #influence #make

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#aspects #bankers #cannot #concerned #culture

Now listen, the one thing about agriculture is we've lost our manufacturing, we've lost a great deal of jobs overseas, lots of our industry. The last thing in the world we need to do is lose the ability to produce our food. ↗

— John Boozman

#about #agriculture #deal #food #great

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#cultures #incapacity #insistence #measuring #other

This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#become #begin #change #culture #cultures