Oscar Wilde Writer “To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.” Men Giving Culture ♥ 6
Oscar Wilde Writer “The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.” Government Culture Civilization ♥ 6
Fran Lebowitz Author, Essayist “People always say "pop culture." As if we have some high culture to distinguish it from.” People Culture ♥ 6
James Russell Lowell Poet, Essayist “Many-sidedness of culture makes our vision clearer and keener in particulars.” Culture Vision ♥ 6
Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator “But you will hardly ever read about them. Why? Because once again, the media has predetermined what is not worthy of coverage, even when the news item is something as uninteresting as the cosmic origin of every element in your body.” Media Culture News ♥ 6
Isabel Allende Novelist “Life is very mysterious and there are many things we don't know. And there are elements of magic realism in every culture, everywhere. It's just accepting that we don't know everything and everything is possible.” Culture Elements Magic Realism ♥ 6
GW Geoffrey West Physicist “One of the remarkable things about slums is that they do develop their own social organization and economy and even culture that is, on some level, functional and in some cases, remarkably resilient. This is kind of amazing.” Culture Levels Organization ♥ 6
Frank Skinner Comedian, Actor “Professional footballers - those virile young stags of our modern culture - are near perpetual fountains of sputum.” Culture Modern Fountain ♥ 6
GW George Will Political Commentator, Author “The cultivation - even celebration - of victimhood by intellectuals, tort lawyers, politicians and the media is both cause and effect of today's culture of complaint.” Political Media Culture ♥ 6
Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist “The modern world seems to have no notion of preserving different things side by side, of allowing its proper and proportionate place to each, of saving the whole varied heritage of culture. It has no notion except that of simplifying something by destroying nearly everything.” Different Culture Heritage ♥ 6
Leon Trotsky Revolutionary, Politician “The fall of the present bureaucratic dictatorship [in the Soviet Union], if it were not replaced by a new socialist power, would thus mean a return to capitalist relations with a catastrophic decline of industry and culture.” Mean Fall Culture ♥ 6
Mark Cuban Entrepreneur, Investor “Culture is very important to the Mavs.... It isn't about who talks the most or the loudest. It is about the demeanor and attitude he brings.” Important Attitude Culture ♥ 6
