Ian Rush Quotes

Wherever you go, respect the local culture or you will suffer.

I like embracing other cultures.

Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!

I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.

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.

Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, the mental distances have changed little. It has concertinaed the world without engendering the necessary respect, recognition and tolerance that must accompany it.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.

I love getting to have different food and getting to be around different people and different cultures and different ways people look at life. It's really kind of helped me open up my mind and see the world from different perspectives.

You have to go to other countries to realize Taipei is a place where there is diversity of thought.

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.

Travelers learn not just foreign customs and curious cuisines and unfamiliar beliefs and novel forms of government. They learn, if they are lucky, humility.

Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.

Living abroad has heightened my interest in how foreigners regard the strange places we encounter.

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

I think that one of the main privileges of what I do, which I am just starting to learn, is to have the ability to travel all over the world and experience different cultures.

I wanted to introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience.

Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.

It's wonderful to learn about new cultures and to be able to travel easily to so many countries.

Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds.

I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.

If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.

I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.