Quotes by Culture If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture, we must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples. Alan Hirsch community culture people I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it. Alan Hovhaness emotion identity culture I think that storytelling and creation are very close to what the center of what magic is about. I think not just for me, but for most of the cultures that have had a concept of magic, then the manipulation of language, and words, and thus of stories and fictions, has been very close to the center of it all. Alan Moore magic culture thinking Here's the thing: If you're monitoring every single thing that goes on in a given culture, if you have all the information that is there to be had, then that is the equivalent of having none of it. How are you going to process that amount of information? Alan Moore information goes-on culture All culture must have arisen from cult. Alan Moore cult culture If you look at that incredible burst of fantastic characters that emerged in the late 19th century/early 20th century, you can see so many of the fears and hopes of those times embedded in those characters. Even in throwaway bits of contemporary culture you can often find some penetrating insights into the real world around us. Alan Moore real character culture Culture is just a shambling zombie that repeats what it did in life; bits of it drop off, and it doesn't appear to notice. Alan Moore repeats zombie culture I can't pretend that I don't subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously. Alan Palomo new-music internet culture I don't believe in God and all that. But I am Jewish, and very proud to be so, very proud of the culture. Alan Sugar proud believe culture Among some of the youngsters, I think reality TV has installed that culture into them and inspired a few of them into wanting to be 'TV celebrities. Alan Sugar culture reality thinking We live in a culture where it has been rubbed into us in every conceivable way that to die is a terrible thing. And that is a tremendous disease from which our culture in particular suffers. Alan Watts disease suffering culture We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time Alan Watts illusion-of-time illusion culture The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it, only in it, only confronting it - aliens. Alan Watts taught-us common-sense culture Buddhism ... is not a culture but a critique of culture, an enduring nonviolent revolution or "loyal opposition" to the culture in which it is involved. Alan Watts buddhism loyal culture A less 'brainy-culture' would learn to synchronise its body rhythms rather than its clocks. Alan Watts clock body culture There is nothing wrong with meditating just to meditate, in the same way that you listen to music just for the music. If you go to concerts to "get culture" or to improve your mind, you will sit there as deaf as a doorpost. Alan Watts mind culture way In every aspect of the religious life, American faith has met American culture--and American culture has triumphed. Alan Wolfe mets religious culture I love the universality of music and how it can viscerally connect people from culture to culture, regardless of anything. It kind of levels everything out and connects us. That universal sound thing is a big deal to me. Alanis Morissette levels culture people [M]odern society is indeed often, at least in surface appearance, nothing but a collection of strangers, each pursuing his or her own interests under minimal constraints. Alasdair MacIntyre stranger appearance culture The attempted professionalization of serious and systematic thinking has had a disastrous effect upon our culture Alasdair MacIntyre systematic culture thinking «1234567891011»