Understanding Culture Quotes

Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.

It's important to get to know people, to get an idea of the culture of a club, and to understand how it works.

When I took charge of Pakistan, I stopped and had a look from the outside before making any judgement calls. I got used to the culture because I think that is so important. For you to move a team forward as a coach, you have to understand the culture.

I had been to the South many times and I thought I knew what the South was, but not until you live with people and live through their lives do you know what it's really about.

When you understand a species' art, you understand that species.

For me, going to markets is the best way to understand the soul of a place.

It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole.

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.

There is no reason why an American scholar cannot by himself or herself develop an adequate understanding of another culture. And I don't find any reason to suppose that the birth within a culture automatically confers understanding.

I think the best part of learning a language is that you can see the country's culture through the language. And it gives you different levels of understanding of that culture when you really try to dig in and learn it.