“Cell culture is a little like gardening. You sit and you look at cells, and then you see something and say, 'You know, that doesn't look right'.” KnowsLooksLittlesCultureCellsGardening Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“I know about hip-hop culture, whether it's graffiti writing or DJ-ing or being an MC.” KnowsWritingCultureHip HopHipsHopsDjsGraffiti Author:Josh Peck
“The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made, our deepest longing was to know and be known. And after the Fall, when we all got weird, it's still our deepest longing - but it's now also our deepest fear.” PeopleKnowsFirstsHumansMadeStillsFallCultureKnownLongingGoing AwayDeep InsideDeepest FearOur Deepest Fear Author:John Ortberg
“The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.” KnowsWorldKindCountrySeemsCultureSpeakLanguageSocialGraceHeardOur CountrySpeaks FrenchSocial Graces Author:Bernard Pivot
“I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.” KnowsDifferentCultureHavensMetsToughDifferent CulturesAussies Author:Teresa Palmer
“New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. It's our culture.” KnowsCultureOur LivesBirthMajorsMusic IsNew OrleansParts Of LifeMilestoneResidual Author:Wendell Pierce
“World events can shape culture. Music is either a soundtrack for or a narration of changing times. And who knows how that's going to go?” KnowsWorldCultureKnow HowEventsShapesMusic IsSoundtracksNarrationWorld Events Author:L.A. Reid
“A lot of guys are very intimidated by an attractive woman, and they dehumanise her because our culture perceives beautiful women as commodities. But I think if you're able walk up to a person and get to know them, and you see their flaws and their impurities, and realise that they're like you, then you can humanise them again.” IfsThinkingKnowsPersonsAbleBeautifulGuyCultureWalksLike YouPerceiveAttractiveFlawsRealisingCommodityBeautiful WomenIntimidatedImpurityAttractive Woman Author:Neil Strauss
“L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.” KnowsImportantCultureCoursesAttentionToo MuchNew YorkIndustryOfficeBoxesNewspapersArchitectReportersRatingBox OfficeNewspaper Reporters Author:Dylan Walsh
“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.” PeopleKnowsWaySometimesCultureLevelsTypeDeeperBackgroundsSnobbery Author:Irvine Welsh
“In the last James Bond movie, the villain was a culture captain, a tycoon of culture, a Murdoch figure. It's not as if people don't know what is going on.” PeopleIfsKnowsLastsCultureFiguresVillainCaptainsFigure SkatingBond MovieTycoonsJames Bond Movie Author:Thomas Frank
“Having a clear mission and making sure you know that mission and making sure that mission comes through the company is probably the most important thing you can do for both culture and values.” KnowsImportantValuesCultureCan DoCompanyClearImportant ThingsMissions Author:Brian Chesky
“In a modern world, increasingly filled with pop culture fads and gimmicks, Lisa Morton reveals much of the underbelly history and unknown facts regarding the biggest pop culture event in history-Halloween. Her sheer delight and well-researched enthusiasm in tackling many of the unrecognized aspects of this monstrous topic makes one wonder what we don't know about everything else that should be as commonplace to our psyche as a bag of candy.” KnowsWorldShouldWellsFactsCultureWonderModernEventsAspectFilledDelightPopsEnthusiasmBagsSheerHalloweenTopicsCandyModern WorldPop CultureCommonplaceMonstrousFadsGimmicksTacklingEvents In History Author:Del Howison
“I am who I am. In politics when you treat people well and they know you're honest, straight and sincere, I think it's an advantage. Just because somebody comes from a hard-boiled political culture doesn't make him a good U.S. senator.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsHardPoliticalCultureHonestAdvantageTreatsWho I AmSincereSenatorsI Am Who I AmPolitical Culture Author:Joe Kyrillos
“In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn't come over. I've tried writing in English, just for me, but it doesn't work. I've got to know everything about a culture, and I don't.” KnowsWritingCultureWittyTwistsKorean Author:PSY
“Prig and philistine, Ph.D. and C.P.A., despot of English 218c and big shot of the Kiwanis Club-how much, at bottom, they both hate Art, and how hard it is to know which of them hates it the more.” KnowsArtHardBigsHateCultureShotsBottomClubsDespotsPhilistinesBig Shots Author:Louis Kronenberger
“Books and newspapers assume a "common reader" that is, a person who knows the things known by other literate persons in the culture. Obviously, such assumptions are never identical from writer to writer, but they show a remarkable consistency” KnowsPersonsBookShowsCultureCommonKnownKnowledgeReaderAssumingNewspapersAssumptionRemarkableConsistencyIdentical Author:Edward Hirsch