Charles Giancarlo Quotes

Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.

I feel Delhi always has a problem in understanding different regions and cultures.

Cultural differences can be delicate situations we have to work within the respectful boundaries of.

I think when you move to a country like the U.S., you need to understand the culture, to understand how people see the game, and adapt yourself.

If you're playing with somebody from another idiom, you can't react to them in the same way that you react to somebody that is closer to your idiom. You don't fall into the same habits. You find a new way of communicating.

The Filipino embraces civilization and lives and thrives in every clime, in contact with every people.

The two cultures of East and West are very different, and the priorities are very different. So when you understand that - if you are from this side or this side - when you understand that the other is different than you, and you respect these differences, you can build communication.

Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, the mental distances have changed little. It has concertinaed the world without engendering the necessary respect, recognition and tolerance that must accompany it.

The culture of Greece is not the same as the culture of Germany, and to fuse them into a single unit is extremely difficult.

There are cultural issues everywhere - in Bangladesh, Latin America, Africa, wherever you go. But somehow when we talk about cultural differences, we magnify those differences.

It's different cultures that make the world go 'round at the end of the day.

Let's be careful when we start comparing American to European tolerance because there isn't necessarily a lot of European tolerance.

About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to use, and that the media tried and are still trying to sell us, in order to simplify the world and their work.

Learn to understand the culture of those that you wish to influence.

The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. Nation states will remain the most powerful actors in world affairs, but the principal conflicts of global politics will occur between nations and groups of different civilizations. The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future

The customs of the [Khmer] barbarians are so different from our own that even if we were to capture all their territory, it would not be certain that we could change them.

Clash of civilizations

Genuine cosmopolitanism is a rare thing. It requires comfort with real difference, with forms of life that are truly exotic relative to one's own.

I couldn't get along with the French.

I don't think that people understand enough about each other's cultures any more.

The challenge is always around culture. I think that's often underestimated because people focus on the substance and the practical; soft steps go missing.

I don't think you've ever coached till you've coached an Asian team.

I think that we in the West expect people to adapt to our culture very, very quickly when they come to our country. But when we go over to someone else's, I don't think we are willing to meet them halfway like we expect them to meet us. I think having cultural sensitivity is a lot more important than we realize.

In the real world, equal respect for all cultures doesn't translate into a rich mosaic of colorful and proud peoples interacting peacefully while maintaining a delightful diversity of food and craftwork. It translates into closed pockets of oppression, ignorance, and abuse.

Massive immigration brings with it cultures that are sometimes in contradiction with our values.