Edward T. Hall Quotes

It's very white in Guernsey, not racist, but there's not a lot of understanding about different cultures there. So I grew up there then moved to Brighton and found all these other people with different experiences, different narratives.

I'm anti-globalisation. There is nothing more enriching than to go out into the world and meet people different to you. We must fight the spread of a singular way of thinking and preserve cultural differences.

When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are going to live in a society with a single model, the Anglo-American model.

We are becoming a society where multiculture means no public culture.

Multiculturalism isn't just a buzzword; it's not just something to debate - I am multiculturalism.

I remember always going to the train station where I grew up, and on the wall was written, 'The real wealth of a nation is diversity of cultures.' Where I grew up, that's what I saw, and that's what I believe in as well - and I still believe it.

In the real world, equal respect for all cultures doesn't translate into a rich mosaic of colorful and proud peoples interacting peacefully while maintaining a delightful diversity of food and craftwork. It translates into closed pockets of oppression, ignorance, and abuse.

There is a simple maxim that I use to express this situation, 'when tolerance becomes a one way street, it leads to cultural suicide.'

In Australia, we cling on to whatever culture we have. We're such a multicultural country.

I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor.

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

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.

I don't think you lose culture because you act different cultures.

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

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

When I was in Holland, the idea was, all cultures are equal and all are to be preserved. My idea was, no, all humans are equal, but not all cultures are equal.

People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil hegemony that has tainted their culture, but when I look at the growth of racial and ethnic tolerance and understanding in my generation in the U.S., and see those sentiments make it around the world, it makes me feel proud.

As a cultural product of both 'East' and 'West', I do not believe there is a fundamental basis for a clash of civilisations, or that the West is the cause of all problems.

It's different cultures that make the world go 'round at the end of the day.

Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.

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

Canada was conceived of by men of two different equally rich cultures, of two distinctive communities. Bilingualism and biculturalism are facts of Canadian life and should not be hidden or avoided. They're important, even vital to Canada as a nation, but they’re assets, not liabilities, positive factors, not negative ones.

Multiculturalism leads to parallel societies and therefore remains a 'life lie.'

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.