Our culture's zeal for longevity reveals our incredible collective fear of death.
With "marriage," the word gets applied to same-sex marriages by proponents and opponents alike. That means the word itself is changing, and we reflect this change. But because of the idea that the dictionary is the objective voice of authority over culture and knowledge, it reads like approval. It's not a helpful way of looking at lexicography.
Followers of another political party tell us that we will strengthen ourselves by ignoring our history, our traditions, our mythologies, our culture and vision, and by following the American way.
I would advise any startup to take the time to define their unique culture and work at making it a reality.
And every time the Takers stamp out a Leaver culture, a wisdom ultimately tested since the birth of mankind disappears from the world beyond recall.
I visit T-Mobile call centers. We've got about 18 major call centers in the US, and before I was CEO, I heard that no CEO had gone to physically visit them. I go in, they meet me outside, we take selfies as I stand like a piece of furniture, I tell them about how things are going - but most importantly, I say thank you and help them see that their behavior and their work has driven the culture of the company that's changed the industry and the whole world. It's a bit of a love affair.
Popular culture is simply a reflection of what the majority seems to want.
People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.
I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame.
I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.
Those too impressed with material things cannot hold their place n the world of culture; they are relegated to inferiority and ultimate death.
Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it stays alive.
When sociobiologists start shitting in their backyards with dinner guests in the vicinity, maybe their arguments about innateness over culture will start seeming more persuasive.
If New Vegas foretells something about America's future, then the culture wars are all but over, and culture lost.
A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
There's a completely new culture out there. I'm not a participant of texting and driving - or texting at all - but I see there's something going on in civilization which is coming with great vehemence at us.
Plagiarism is basic to all culture
There is something remarkably and peculiarly English about the passion for sitting on damp seats watching open-air drama only the English have mastered the art of being truly uncomfortable while facing up to culture.
The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
We're supposed to be the people who make culture, not decorate culture.