Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

When you visit a foreign city you are in it, but not of it, separated by a glass wall. Once, while a student, I was getting dressed in my ground-floor room when a family of Italians crossed the grass to watch, as if I were laid on for their amusement and instruction.

I make it my business to see or do something cultural in every place I go to. If you don't, you'll get into a state of constant despair.

Our culture is not this thing to be seen from a distance. We need to be embracing the friction of it all - that is where the energy is.

The audiences for some of many of our greatest cultural events—I’m thinking particularly of the Proms [traditional patriotic promenade concerts]—is still a long way from demonstrating that people from different backgrounds feel at ease in being part of this. I know this is not about making every audience completely representative, but if we claim great things for our sectors in terms of their power to bring people together, then we have a right to expect they will do that wherever they can.

I've been exposed to so many different cultures.

Youth fare aside, I have generally always been interested in what's going on culturally.

In European countries and some Asian countries I've been to, there's a lot less hesitation and skepticism when it comes to enjoying culture. People are encouraged to be fans and be passionate about what they like.

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.

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.

We have an amazing job. We get to travel around the world and experience different cultures and just learn so many things.

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

I think the best part of learning a language is that you can see the country's culture through the language. And it gives you different levels of understanding of that culture when you really try to dig in and learn it.

The experience of travelling, getting familiar with other languages, other cultures definitely helps. It makes you a better person.

Getting access to diverse civilizations should be easy, and languages are the gateway to that.

This is my hobby. Reaching out, getting to know other people's cultures, traveling to other people's countries.

We're really creating a whole different kind of travel experience. One that really celebrates the different places, different cultures, the different cities and immerses you in that culture.

All the exhausting aspects of my job are made worthwhile because I get to experience so many different cultures. It makes you really appreciate the memories.

I like embracing other cultures.

I think it's important to learn about the culture of the place where you live.

I have always been intrigued by other cultures, and traveling to foreign lands has always been a part of my personal passion for learning about our world.

When I came to India, it's just a different country, but the culture was same that I grew up in.

Who could think that children from the pockets of Himalaya sing folklore from Scotland and vice versa? Such an education in the initial years develops compassion and mutual respect for each other's skills.

I think when you move to a country like the U.S., you need to understand the culture, to understand how people see the game, and adapt yourself.

The shores of the Black Sea lend themselves to the literary genre that may be classified as 'cultural pilgrimage,' which is not just a higher form of travel writing but which has the further mission of reporting on present conditions and supplying neglected knowledge.

I think that we in the West expect people to adapt to our culture very, very quickly when they come to our country. But when we go over to someone else's, I don't think we are willing to meet them halfway like we expect them to meet us. I think having cultural sensitivity is a lot more important than we realize.