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17 Wise quotes about culture

Culture is the collection of shared values, beliefs, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that define a group or society. Smart quotes about culture can help us understand and appreciate the complexity and diversity of different cultures around the world. They can also inspire us to be more open-minded, empathetic, and respectful towards people from different backgrounds. Some examples of smart quotes about culture include: “Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers” by Paulo Coelho, and “Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs” by Thomas Wolfe.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. -Mahatma Gandhi

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. -Mahatma Gandhi

 

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character. -Julie Bishop

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character. -Julie Bishop

 

All I’ve ever wanted to do is move the needle on popular culture. -Jimmy Lovine

All I’ve ever wanted to do is move the needle on popular culture. -Jimmy Lovine

 

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious. -Henry David Thoreau

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious. -Henry David Thoreau

 

The triumph of culture is to overpower nationality. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The triumph of culture is to overpower nationality. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Every man’s ability may be strengthened or increased by culture. -John Abbot

Every man’s ability may be strengthened or increased by culture. -John Abbot

 

Popular culture is a contradiction in terms. If it’s popular, it’s not culture. -Vivienne Westwood

Popular culture is a contradiction in terms. If it’s popular, it’s not culture. -Vivienne Westwood

 

A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. -Mahatma Gandhi

A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. -Mahatma Gandhi

 

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. -Jawaharlal Nehru

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. -Jawaharlal Nehru

 

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it. -James Baldwin

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it. -James Baldwin

 

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

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

 

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. -Ray Bradbury

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. -Ray Bradbury

 

Culture is the bedrock, the final wall, against which one leans one’s back in a godforsaken chaos. -J.C. Powys

Culture is the bedrock, the final wall, against which one leans one’s back in a godforsaken chaos. -J.C. Powys

 

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. -Marcus Garvey

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. -Marcus Garvey

 

It’s part of our pop culture to give animals human personalities and talents. -Neil Degrasse Tyson

It’s part of our pop culture to give animals human personalities and talents. -Neil Degrasse Tyson

 

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all. -Henry Ward Beecher

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all. -Henry Ward Beecher

 

Culture is not made up but something that evolves which is human. -Edward T. Hall

Culture is not made up but something that evolves which is human. -Edward T. Hall