Famous Quotes & Sayings

Augusten Burroughs

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Bruce Schneier

Technical problems can be remediated. A dishonest corporate culture is much harder to fix.

Loretta Napoleoni

I think generally the heads of terrorist groups are very, very smart people. They're also great manipulators. I would presume that cult leaders are identical. These sort of individuals are very strong, they have very strong charisma.

Stephen Vizinczey

There are millions of people who think that having heard about something is the same as knowing it, and their notion of culture is a mixture of elegant lifestyle and big names.

There are definitely safer places to live. But it's a Tier-1 city, socially and economically. The culture here is very proud of what they've built, and to be candid, they'll be damned if it goes under.

We tried not to violate their culture, we tried not to take too many photos. We promised them we'd return. And we did, this year.

We're at a technological and cultural crossroads. It's possibly the dawn of a new paradigm in how films are released.

Eric Schmidt

We hope to have many other facilities in China. We hope...to take the great cultural works, the books, music and movies...and make them available.

The performances will give a glimpse of the rich culture and heritage of India as the next hosts of the Games.

We are at our wit's end and most embarrassed by this extraordinary delay on the part of the Culture Ministry in delivering on a promise to fund the event.

Jeb Bush

There are cultural reasons, economic competitiveness reasons. There are a lot of reasons why people are in poverty. The difference today is that increasingly they are in perpetual poverty.

There are big culture issues in these films, contemporaneous issues, and he's about as issue-oriented as a host can be.

In college football, fans wallow in a culture of failure. Unless you root for Miami, you sadly wait for disaster to strike your team in a manner not seen outside of Fenway Park.

Edward Hirsch

There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where poetry and song are distinguished. But poetry always remembers that it has its origins in music.

Kay Redfield Jamison

A possible link between 'madness' and genius is one of the oldest and most persistent of cultural notions.

I think it's a good idea. They have the same culture, understand each other and travelling is easy between countries. So why not?

Neil Tennant

I think it proves that being gay isn't a cultural choice, which means you've got to like Barbra Streisand records. You can be what you want to be.

Tim Berners-Lee

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems-about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.

We take this seriously. The pro gambling culture is something we educate our players about extensively.

Wade Davis

to find those great stories of wonder found within various cultures that teach us something about human experience.

He represented kind of the lowest residue of cultural knowledge. The implication is that every English speaker by the 1380s would have known Robin Hood. ... That's a pretty extraordinary idea.

He represented kind of the lowest residue of cultural knowledge, ... The implication is that every English speaker by the 1380s would have known Robin Hood. ... That's a pretty extraordinary idea.

Here in Shanghai, it is such a drinking culture that people need to do something else.

Tony Bennett

He's a cult hero over here for doing it.

Al Horford

I think the culture is always going to be a football culture, as we well know. But I think this definitely impacts the way people are going to start looking at us.

Diego Della Valle

La Scala is easily one of the top 10 symbols of Italy's cultural excellence. That makes it vital to our global image. Closing it would send a message to the rest of the world that Italy doesn't care.

Lake Champlain is the most under-marketed gem of a resource. First and foremost I want to use this as an opportunity to promote the history, culture and recreation of Lake Champlain.

Steve Ross

I thought we had a potential pop culture classic, ... But I think it's fair to say none of us anticipated the level of sales we've seen. Clearly, people are responding to the concept.

Historically, toys have always reflected our culture at any particular point in time, ... Today we live in a high-tech world, where technology is being used by kids even at a very young age. Toymakers are responding to that trend.

Jason Giambi

He?s going to go out there and with his personality, he?s going to have fun. Definitely, they?re going to miss him. He was a cult hero over there. That was a big loss for them and a big gain for us.

The pace is quicker. Collectively as a culture, we have to name over-busyness as a cultural problem and not view it as part of the good life.

There is a person who insists upon making reform every time he opens his mouth but tradition and culture should be protected resolutely.

We must incorporate the culture of planning in our towns and cities.