Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them. – Huston Smith
Coproporphyrin in particular is widespread; traces are present in normal urine and also in yeast. In special cultures, yeast can be made to produce considerable quantities of coproporphyrin. – Hans Fischer
Cultures render their icons in their own image. Which comes down to vanity, in some sense. – Joel Edgerton
When I did a year-long study in 2005 of European countries integrating Muslims into their cultures, France came in the lowest of the rank. Sweden was not far behind, though, which is worrying, as racism in France is much closer to the bone. – Janine di Giovanni
Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents. – Alan Dundes
Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive. – Arthur Erickson
Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms. – Arthur Erickson
I have a fascination for extra-judicial societies and underground cultures, and in situations where justice can only be found outside the law, and how these societies have evolved over the centuries. – Ann Nocenti
I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. – Barbara Kingsolver
Race wasn’t an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures. – Bob Cousy
We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of. – Andrew Cohen
More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet. – Carlos Ghosn
When I was in Holland, the idea was, all cultures are equal and all are to be preserved. My idea was, no, all humans are equal, but not all cultures are equal. – Ayaan Hirsi Ali
In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains. – Edward Lawrie Tatum
So I’ve never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking. – Neville Marriner
When my first film ‘The Seventh Continent’ was presented here 12 years ago, non-Austrian spectators would come up to me and say, ‘Is Austria that terrible?’, whereas for me it wasn’t about Austria but about highly industrialised cultures everywhere. – Michael Haneke
I’m very inspired by other cultures and very often use what I perceive to be exotic ingredients. – Eric Ripert
I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures. – George Crumb
I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities. – Elif Safak
For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire’s still going. – David Foster Wallace
Universities are the custodians not only of the many cultures of man, but of the rational process itself. – Edward Levi
Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres. – Miguel
Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely disparate cultures; emerging like the goddess Venus from the sea of our unconscious. – Joan D. Vinge
The journey of Marco Polo is the hero’s journey, one that all cultures across the globe can relate to. – John Fusco
Pot lucks are fun, especially when you encourage your guests to bring dishes that represent their families or cultures. – Marcus Samuelsson