Saint Ambrose Quotes

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.

That is something that I always want to do when I arrive somewhere is to know about the culture of the country, about the club and make sure I know what it takes to wear the jersey.

When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.

When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.

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

The unknown makes people uncomfortable. And even living in a city that's as cosmopolitan as New York City is, there's so many things I don't know about other cultures, even though I encounter other cultures - maybe even 18 or 19 of them - when I get on a subway car every day.

No matter how certain I am about some culture or some group of people, my opinions are only as accurate as the amount of time I've spent with them.

There's a kind of integrity to being an observer of a culture. I think Canadians have that privilege innately. We are, like, the observers of the American culture.

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

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.

I like to live like a local. When you are somewhere, you have to try to take the culture of that place and try to adapt.

I understand different cultures because I have travelled a lot.

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.

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

I do want to learn the way to do it over here. I'm not really looking to just go about my way and do it in the Japanese way that I've been doing. Basically, I'll try to get some advice, learn the way it's done here and go about it.

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

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.

The biggest lesson I've learned by living abroad for the last four years is the importance of communication.

It's always overwhelming when you come to another country and you're embraced in such a positive way.

Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture.

I try to study the background of the country I am in and what were my hits there, so I can at least give them some of what they want. It's like a wedding - give them something old, something new, something borrowed and definitely something blue!

Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.

China is a company of contradictions. Nothing is what it appears to be. We have to be extremely respectful when we go overseas.

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners

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.