Cultural Issues Quotes

Syria is a difficult country to govern. Fifty percent of the Syrians consider themselves national leaders, 25 percent think they are prophets, and ten percent imagine that they are God.

I deal with cultural issues whether they be in the Middle East, Far East, the Orient or the West. You broach questions in the context of their culture and then present Christian answers.

The Arab world's problems are a problem of the Arab mind, and the name for that problem is anti-Semitism.

I would love to act in Bengali movies, but the work culture here is pathetic.

Indians have a big problem with alcohol and drugs. I grew up with an admiration for their culture and was sensitive to their problems.

Have you heard a single national figure tell you all of the crises of the recent past are not economic, they're cultural?

All the legislation in the world cannot fix what is wrong with America.

In the chapter called "On Being a Woman in Politics," we have to come to grips with the endemic sexism and misogyny. Of course, it's not just in politics. It's in business. We have seen a lot of that coming out of Silicon Valley, and it's in the media, it's in culture. We know that.

So the same cultural and political issues that divided us in 1968 are still dividing us.

I blame all of Egypt, because they do not know how to talk to each other.

It's just a fact. You've got to deal with racism wherever you go.

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.

I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so good on cultural issues.

Disregarding the value of religion and believing in egalitarianism are two misconceptions that cause America much trouble today.

As a follower of Jesus, I am called to work for justice and reconciliation, and to be an advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves. I plan to focus my future work on human rights and religious freedom - both domestic and international - as well as matters of the culture and the American family.

I think the Indian media suffers from a feudal mindset.

People don't get angry at you for shock value. People get angry at you when you affect something that is at their core, whether it be guns or religion or whatever. Their belief system.

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.

I want to stay in touch with what I have in common with my subjects, with the places where are equally implicated with whatever is wrong with the culture.

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 think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.

Of course there's systemic misogyny in certain parts of our culture and systemic racism and a wider range of insults women have to face.

I think it says something about our culture. We, maybe, need a massive therapy session so we can concentrate on what the real issues are. This contraceptive thing. My gosh, it’s so inexpensive. Back in my days, they used Bayer Aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn’t that costly.

You could perhaps better tell the story of a place by writing of a tiny village as a sort of prism into the bigger issues the culture was facing. It struck me as a better way to learn about a place, or at least a different way, than just going to interview the president. So I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there. But I'm just amazed.

The corrosion of our public language reflects deep pathologies — societal, cultural, economic — in the body politic.