Jan Koum Quotes

I face no problem in communicating with the people of Orissa whom I meet everyday.

You don't ask people about the immigration policies of the U.K. or their country's agricultural policy. Instead, you talk to them about the meal they're eating or their family, and from that you get the sense of another human being, someone we can all relate to.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.

In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding.

We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian people and to see things apart from being a tourist.

Ultimately, it's a sense of camaraderie and friendship with local people that is core to my journeys.

National culture can act as a bridge, instead of an obstacle, to mutual spiritual and intellectual understanding.

I wish more Americans would travel here. I always encourage my friends: 'Travel. See the Middle East. There's so much to see, so many good people.' And it's vice versa, and it helps stop problems of misunderstanding and stereotypes from happening.

I think once you understand a language, you understand the culture surrounding it as well.

Culture is a part of basic human nature, of deep humanity.

The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.

I really enjoy learning about other people and I'm really curious about other people.

Acquaintance softens prejudice.

I'd hate to think that the stereotypical American is someone who just says 'Hi - bye' in conversation. That's how Europeans see us. And I'd like to think that not all of us are like that.

Ultimately we have the vision of expanding to a world wide platform that allows kids from the U.S. to go on field trips to China and adults around the world to make friends from different walks of life and people who have different life experiences.

My preference for female company is based for the most part on the fact that women are more self-aware than men, in my experience.

The joy of tasting different cultures is it gives you a broad perspective, and you don't judge people from stereotypical characters you see in films.

Because I am fascinated by people and what makes them behave the way they do. I think it is one of the most fascinating things in the world.

The art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their fellows.

Working with different people anyway is like life and meeting different people... as long as you can be empathetic, you can take a bit of them on and see what you can do to help their process. That said, my relationship with Woody Allen was trying to hang on his every word so that I could tell everybody what he said afterwards. But certainly, he was a very good example of somebody who you didn't hear talk above a very low volume for the entire time he was on-set.

Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreciation of the good at home.

It is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.

Life is a matter of dealing with other people, in little matters and cataclysmic ones, and that means a series of conversations.