“Here is the mistake of the cut-and-dried man of culture. He goes about with the secret of having learned to appreciate the "grandstyle." He has lived in Homer till he can recall the roll of that many-sounding sea. He has pored over the lofty and pictorial thought of Plato till he begins to pique himself upon its grandeur. His fancy has been fed on the quaint old-world genius of Herodotus, his judgment on the melancholy wisdom of Tacitus and the complacent cynicism of Gibbon--and of all this he is conscious and proud.” MenWorldHas BeensCultureSecretMistakeCuttingSeaProudGeniusJudgmentConsciousAppreciateFancyFedsMelancholyCynicismRecallsPlatoGrandeurLoftyComplacentOld WorldQuaintPictorialPique Author:Richard Holt Hutton
“A residual sea of symbols which is shared by all mankind, usually accessed through dreams or altered states, and from which cultures draw images on which to found their religions.” StatesDreamCultureFoundSeaMankindDrawsSymbolsAlteredResidualAltered States Author:Carl Jung
“Fox News is no monopoly. It is a singular minority in a sea of liberal media. ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, NPR, CNN, MSNBC vs. Fox. The lineup is so unbalanced as to be comical - and that doesn't even include the other commanding heights of the culture that are firmly, flagrantly liberal: Hollywood, the foundations, the universities, the elite newspapers.” CultureSeaMediaNewsHollywoodFoundationUniversityNewspapersHeightMinoritiesElitesFoxesMonopolyCnnFox NewsComicalNbcUnbalancedNprPbsLiberal Media Author:Charles Krauthammer
“There's little question that short stories, like poetry, don't get the respect they deserve in the culture - but what can you do? Like Canute, one cannot fight the sea, you have to go with your love, and hope one day, things change.” LittlesStoriesCultureFightingSeaOne DayDeserveShort StoryThings ChangeHope And Love Author:Junot Diaz
“One of my favorite places is the Maldives, an all-Muslim nation in the Indian Ocean with a culture that stretches back 5,000 years. But since the highest point in the archipelago is a meter or two above sea level, even the next hundred are not guaranteed. They've committed to becoming the first carbon-neutral nation on Earth by 2020, building windmills as fast as they can.” YearsFirstsTwoEarthCultureNextNationsLevelsSeaBuildingBecomingOceanHighestHundredMy FavoriteCommittedIndianCarbonMeterFavorite PlacesWindmillsMaldives Author:Bill McKibben
“Everything in our background has prepared us to know and resist a prison when the gates begin to close around us . . . But what if there are no cries of anguish to be heard? Who is prepared to take arms against a sea of amusements? To whom do we complain, and when, and in what tone of voice, when serious discourse dissolves into giggles? What is the antidote to a culture's being drained by laughter?” IfsKnowsCultureVoiceHeardSeaCrySeriousArmsLaughterCriticismPrisonPreparedComplainingBackgroundsToneWhat IfGatesDiscourseAnguishAmusementAntidoteGiggleDrained Author:Neil Postman