“France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything.” ThinkingWorldCultureLeftAcceptingFranceFarmersPrimitiveCowboyDominating Author:Adam Michnik
“I think America and Britain have a different culture from France. They discovered marketing and consumerism before France.” ThinkingDifferentAmericaCultureMarketingFranceBritainConsumerismDifferent Cultures Author:Pierre Dukan
“Today, I join King Abdullah in Paris to stand in solidarity with the people of France in their darkest hour...To stand in unity against extremism in all its forms and to stand up for our cherished faith, Islam. And so that the lasting image of these terrible events is an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy and support between people of all faiths and cultures.” PeopleTodayFormCultureHoursSupportEventsKingsTerribleUnityIslamFranceParisLastingSolidarityExtremismUnprecedentedDarkest HourTerrible EventsKing Abdullah Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“One of the things that helped me a lot as I was starting out in my career was that I got myself to France and Europe and California, and spent time immersing myself in those culinary traditions. I'd encourage future chefs to dive into whatever culture most excites them, and that they want to cook.” WantCultureCareersEuropeTraditionStartingFranceCooksCaliforniaCulinaryChefStarting Out Author:Rick Tramonto
“There are ... other business societies - England, Holland, Belgium and France, for instance. But ours [the United States] is the only culture now extant in which business so completely dominates the national scene that sports, crime, sex, death, philanthropy and Easter Sunday are money-making propositions.” StatesCultureSexSportsUnitedUnited StatesCrimeSceneEnglandInstanceFranceMaking MoneySundayPhilanthropyEasterPropositionsBelgiumHollandEaster Sunday Book:The Folks at Home Source: The Folks at Home
“Those who are guilty of the argumentum ad ignorantiam profess belief in something because its opposite cannot be proved ... In the realm where "prejudice" is now most an issue, it normally takes a form like this: you cannot prove by the method of statistics and quantitative measurement that men are not equal. Therefore all men are equal. ... You cannot prove again by the methods of science that one culture is higher than another. Therefore the culture of the Digger Indians is just a good as that of Muncie, Indiana, or thirteenth-century France.” MenFormCultureBeliefIssuesCenturyHigherProveEqualOppositesPrejudiceMethodGuiltyFranceRealmsStatisticsAdsMeasurementIndiana Author:Richard M. Weaver