No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.

Society or culture or whatever you might want to call it, has created us all solely and wholly for the purpose of maintaining its continuity and status quo.

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

Tradition is the illusion of permanence.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.

I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way that is not in their natures.

Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.

Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.

I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture.

Popular culture has become engorged, broadening and thickening until it's the only culture anyone notices.

When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.

Culture is not made up but something that evolves which is human.

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

Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility.

We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past.

Tradition has made women cowardly.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.

Culture makes all men gentle.

Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.

Make sure furniture decor has similar scale. Its all about scale proportion measuring being conscious of the overall plan.

Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I have to just say that we're making our records.

A flock of flirting flamingos is pure passionate pink pandemonium a frenetic flamingle mangle a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing flamboyant feathers and flamingo lingo.

Wasting time with the wrong person is just time wasted.

Life is really hard for some people.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

Sustainable development is not an option! It is the only path that allows all of humanity to share a decent life on this, one planet. Rio 20 gives our generation the opportunity to choose this path.

There's an excellent movie we have on TCM called 'It Happened on Fifth Avenue,' which was originally going to be directed by Frank Capra... but just before he was going to start working on it, he came across this story called 'The Greatest Gift.' And that turned into 'It's a Wonderful Life.'

The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go To Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!

I want to write. I want to direct. I want to produce - I want to inhabit what I think it means to fully be an artist.

Our bodies are hanging along for the ride, but my brain is talking to your brain. And if we want to understand who we are and how we feel and perceive, we really understand what brains are.

Choose beliefs that serve your soul - choose beliefs that serve the grander dream of who you choose to be.

I love thinking of cartoon characters feeling really real feelings. And I love to do that, not just as a fan, but as a creator, so if people want to look for those levels, they're actually there.

I think I'm very strong at dialogue, I think I'm very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting.

If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself.

It's better to do one thing at a time and give your full concentration.

Instead of seeing how much pain I can dish out towards those I disagree with or who I believe have done me wrong I seek to follow the golden rule and use my words and behavior to create more of what the world needs love compassion and connection.

Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.