Satoru Iwata Quotes

If you want to judge the performance of the Egyptian people by the standards of German or Chinese or American culture, then there is no room for judgment.

Every culture is different in terms of what is taboo and what is acceptable. I grew up in Singapore, where people are very mindful of that. One can see that as restriction or as consideration for a fellow person living within a shared environment.

There's a difference between being culturally insensitive - being insensitive towards a culture - and being insensitive.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

The first rule to living in America is 'Stop tap dancing, you fool!'.

Some Indians will come up and say that a story reminded them of something very specific to their experience. Which may or may not be the case for non-Indians.

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

I think a platform such as YouTube has to respect local laws and customs.

I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way you can't bring it into fundamental Islam.

It was nice to be in my own country, where I didn't need a translator or a driver. Where I didn't need to figure out cultural references or what hijab I needed to wear to cover my hair.

When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.

Let's be careful when we start comparing American to European tolerance because there isn't necessarily a lot of European tolerance.

Value the perspective of different cultures and recognize the cultural mores that underpin groups and appreciate why these are valued and important.

This sort of thing may be tolerated by the French, but we are British, thank God.

Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home. I do not like after- shave lotion, adults who roller-skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan. I do not, however, go around enacting legislation …

A man who goes into a country must comply with the ceremonies in use there.

To try and to pretend that there's no difference between where we come from is so dumb.

Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.

There are different things to wear in different places, and if you want to fit in and show respect, you can dress to do that, or you can dress to show that you are foreign and not from there. That can work, too.

I feel Delhi always has a problem in understanding different regions and cultures.

The Foreign Office works hard to remind people of local laws and customs as often they can be very different to British law.

Others think their American ways will work in other countries. That's not always accurate and can be disrespectful to the local culture.

If a situation came about something that would offend someone culturally, I would definitely speak up. WWE would want us to speak up because negative press is not our goal.

We cannot just ape the west. What may be good in an alien country may be unpalatable in India.

Many travelers get into trouble in places like Dubai by assuming that it is sufficiently Western for them to drink as they do back home. But elsewhere in the Muslim world, it is quite controlled, and the non-Muslim will be steered down a fairly narrow path.