Best conflict & culture Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robots. I think in Western culture, being more suspicious of science, and hubris, you'll see a lot of fear of creating something that goes out of control.”

Author:Andrei Zhdanov

“Our ingenuity in feeding ourselves is prodigious, but at various points our technologies come into conflict with nature's ways of doing things, as when we seek to maximize efficiency by planting crops or raising animals in vast mono-cultures. This is something nature never does, always and for good reasons practicing diversity instead. A great many of the health and environmental problems created by our food system owe to our attempts to oversimplify nature's complexities, at both the growing and the eating ends of our food chain.”

Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World

“My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years. But as I got older, my pops tried to keep me involved with the culture by telling me the stories of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, how he came to America, and about our family back home, because all that side of my family, my aunties, grandparents, is in Africa.”

Years Stories Home America Culture Sides Mom Involved Conflict My Family Raised My Mom Pops Our Family Household Grandparent Back Home Ethiopia Formative Years Eritrea

Author:Nipsey Hussle

“Without culture there can be no growth; without exertion, no acquisition; without friction, no polish; without labor, no knowledge; without action, no progress; and without conflict, no victory. The man who lies down a fool at night, hoping that he will waken wise in the morning, will rise up in the morning as he laid down in the evening.”

Men Action Lying Night Culture Growth Morning Wise Progress He Man Fool Victory Conflict Labor Evening Polish Acquisition Exertion Friction

Author:Frederick Douglass

“I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.”

People Way Mean Use Together Culture Conflict Various Dialogue Resolve

Author:Herbie Hancock

“I think as a culture, we don't like conflict or looking at icky stuff - especially in our downtime.”

Thinking Culture Stuff Conflict Downtime

Author:Kathleen Hanna

“The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages again, the lifeblood of two worlds merging to form a third country - a border culture.”

World Firsts Two Country Form Culture Conflict Thirds Borders Mexico Mexican Third World Two Worlds Merging Grate Scabs Mexican Border

Author:Gloria E. Anzaldúa

“Sex is probably one of the last forms of human expression to enjoy such a direct connection with nature. It might be the primary site of conflict between nature and culture. If one assumes that nature (or instinct) is repressed in a highly civilised society, then I think the conceptual dyad nature-culture is best preserved there, in the realm of sex.”

Ifs Thinking Humans Might Lasts Form Culture Sex Enjoy Expression Conflict Direct Connections Assuming Instinct Primaries Realms Site Repressed Civilised Civilised Society

Author:Thomas Koerfer

“Every conflict is emblematic of the throwaway culture.”

Culture Conflict

Author:Pope Francis

“The most transformative experiences people have - bliss, devotion, self transcendence - are currently anchored to the worst parts of culture and to ways of thinking that merely amplify superstition, self-deception, and conflict.”

People Thinking Way Self Culture Worst Conflict Devotion Deception Bliss Superstitions Transcendence Way Of Thinking Self Deception Amplify

Author:Sam Harris

“The richness and variety, and indeed the advance, of our culture depend upon the continuation of this conflict [between conservatives and radicals], which is deeply rooted in human nature.”

Humans Culture Growth Human Nature Depends Balance Conflict Radical Variety Rooted Richness Continuation

Author:Paul Johnson

“I don't know if it's still taboo in our culture but counseling is a great thing because sometimes you need someone from the outside to sit down and go over whatever the questions or conflicts are and come to a resolution.”

Ifs Knows Needs Stills Sometimes Culture Conflict Down And Great Things Resolution Taboo Counseling

Author:Gabrielle Dennis

“In the modern conflict between the Smile and the Laugh, I am all in favor of laughing. The recent stage of culture and criticism might very well be summed up as the men who smile criticizing the men who laugh.”

Men Wells Might Culture Laughing Modern Stage He Man Conflict Criticism Favors Criticize

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Because I was playing Idi Amin, who dealt with the colonisation issue, I became aware of this internalised conflict of what it means to be torn between cultures, what it means to be taken over by other cultures.”

Mean Culture Issues Taken Conflict Torn Other Cultures

Author:Forest Whitaker

“The argument culture urges us to approach the world-and the people in it-in an adversarial frame of mind. It rests on the assumption that opposition is the best way to get anything done: Conflict and opposition are as necessary as cooperation and agreement, but the scale is off balance, with conflict and opposition over-weighted.”

People World Way Mind Done Culture Balance Conflict Approach Argument Scales Best Way Assumption Opposition Urges Agreement Cooperation Frame Of Mind

Author:Deborah Tannen

“I founded the King Hussein Foundation after my husband's death in 1999, to build on his humanitarian vision and legacy in the country and abroad, through programs promoting education and leadership, economic empowerment, tolerance, cross-cultural dialogue, and media that enhances mutual understanding and respect among different cultures across conflict lines.”

“As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.”

Important Film Culture Differences Common Cases Politician Conflict Benefits Findings Makers Common Ground

Author:Abbas Kiarostami

“Nobody had counseled women to expect the changes in bleeding patterns which are typically associated with IUD use, and they received no support from the health clinics with their problems. Because in traditional Hindu culture menstruation is associated with a variety of social taboos, prolonged menstrual bleeding produced conflicts within families.”

Use Problem Culture Social Support Conflict Patterns Traditional Variety Taboo Bleeding Clinic Menstruation Social Taboos

Author:Ruth Simmons

“We're dealing with that question now, in the media. How does the judicial system work? There's never going to be a clear-cut answer, but it's a conversation and a conflict in the community. It's not a white thing or a black thing. It's a society thing and a culture thing, and we've gotta figure it out.”

Doe Culture Black Community White Answers Clear Cutting Media Figures Conversation Conflict Judicial Judicial System

Author:Mike Colter

“Because in traditional Hindu culture menstruation is associated with a variety of social taboos, prolonged menstrual bleeding produced conflicts within families. The whole idea of fertility regulation was still extremely new in this setting and many husbands and other family members were angry when they found out that women had decided on their own to use the method and had gone to the clinic in secret.”

“Me being from a Celtic culture that tends to emphasize directness, conflict, openness has a big effect on my living in Japan, which tends to focus on indirectness, avoidance of conflict and keeping things close to your chest. So that has led to quite a lot of cultural misunderstandings in dealing with this East Asian culture I live in.”

Bigs Culture Focus Effects Conflict East Japan Chests Openness Misunderstanding Asian Avoidance Celtic Asian Culture

Author:Sean Michael Wilson

“Once you follow a path of nonviolence and social justice, it won't take you long before you come into conflict with the culture, with the society. You can't know what is at stake or how much it is going to cost you until you get in the game. That's the only way, and the level of cost is equal to the level of involvement.”

Knows Way Long Culture Games Social Justice Levels Path Cost Conflict Equal Social Justice Stakes Nonviolence Involvement

Author:Martin Sheen

“I am afraid of what is happening in the West. In a way, the link between art and politics is about to snap. Music and politics, it seems, are increasingly considered to be separate domains. Music is about making peace, not conflict, they say. And, therefore, it is best to do what is considered normal and uncontroversial. Increasingly, accepting the status quo is a precondition for being considered entertainment, while protest culture is grouped alongside politics.”

Art Culture Accepting Conflict Music Is Protest Status Quo Making Peace

Author:Moddi

“Peace cannot come without the engagement of those who have been before. Gen. Dostum will make peace possible. He was engaged in conflict of the past. Forgiveness is an extremely important part of our culture. But, like Rwanda and South Africa, we need to fashion our own solution.”

Important Past Culture Fashion Conflict Solutions South Africa Making Peace Rwanda

Author:Ashraf Ghani

“A change initiative can fail for multiple reasons - in fact, there are just too many things that can go wrong. The focus of the initiative might be wrong - too narrow or too broad. The initiative might be poorly executed or under-resourced. But most often, a change initiative fails because it hits a behavioral impasse. Something in the culture of the company is in conflict with the objective or execution of the initiative.”

Reason Culture Focus Failing Conflict Initiative Multiple

Author:James A. Champy

“In the Middle East, the conflict today is a matter of generations and not of cultures.”

Matter Today Culture Generations Middle Conflict East Middle East

Author:Shimon Peres

“I want to experience as many different tastes, sights, emotions, conflicts, and cultures as possible, so that I can expand the canvas of my memory and enrich my comedy.”

Want I Can Different Culture Memories Emotion Comedy Taste Conflict Sight Canvas Different Tastes

Book:Zombie Spaceship Wasteland: A Book by Patton Oswalt

Source: Zombie Spaceship Wasteland: A Book by Patton Oswalt

“Each of us has interests which conflict the interests of everybody else... 'everybody else' we call 'society'. It's a powerful opponent and it always wins. Oh, here and there an individual prevails for a while and gets what he wants. Sometimes he storms the culture of a society and changes it to his own advantage. But society wins in the long run, for it has the advantage of numbers and of age.”

Want Long Sometimes Running Age Culture Winning Individual Interest Powerful Numbers Conflict Advantage Storm Opponents Long Runs Here And There

Book:WALDEN TWO

Source: WALDEN TWO

“Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.”

“My most fundamental hope is for a worldwide attitude of tolerance, which will only come through education and an awareness of other cultures and religions. The more people are exposed to other philosophies and thoughts, the more possible it becomes to resolve world conflicts peacefully. Education builds tolerance for other points of view.”

People World Philosophy Culture Views Attitude Awareness Conflict Fundamentals Point Of View Tolerance Resolve Exposed Carpe Diem Carpe Other Cultures Culture And Religion Awareness Of Others

Author:John Hendricks

“What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.”

People Should Mean Culture Justice Acceptance Conflict Diversity Importance Social Justice Mean People

Book:Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s

Source: Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s

“Terrorism constitutes a direct attack on the values the UN stands for: the rule of law; the protection of civilians; peaceful resolution of conflicts; and mutual respect between people of different faiths and cultures.”

People Different Law Values Culture Conflict Direct Terrorism Protection Peaceful Mutual Resolution Civilians Rule Of Law Mutual Respect Win Win Different Faiths Peaceful Resolution

Author:Kofi Annan

“Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant.”

Culture Sports Conflict Bridges Borders Irrelevant Inspirational Sports Equalizer

Author:Richard Attias

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