Cultural Accommodation Quotes

I'm a bit like a chameleon with my accent.

Massive immigration brings with it cultures that are sometimes in contradiction with our values.

My accent depends on whom I'm around.

I have learned to interface - what I think would be the contemporary term - with various different lexicons, and people speak very different languages. I've learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.

We've got so many different cultural groups in my family that I've had to learn to accommodate them in different ways. My father speaks different to my mum. My mum speaks different to my grandmother. Everybody speaks different, so you find you start tweaking your language to be more accessible to people.

Diversity" is a difficulty to be overcome, not an advantage to be sought. True, America does a better job than most at accommodating a diverse population. We also do a better job at curing cancer and containing pollution. But no one goes around mindlessly exclaiming: "Cancer is a strength!" "Pollution is our greatest asset!

To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.

Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.

The greatest danger to the Christian church today is that of pitching its message too low.

And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.

The British, and most European countries, have struggled to accommodate Muslim immigrants, but they have nevertheless welcomed them in large numbers.

History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.

It’s a matter of time; you adapt to the different culture and different way of life. Human beings are adaptable.

I admire vegetarians who refuse to eat nothing but vegetables in their homes, but I also admire those who put aside those principles or those preferences when they travel. Just to be a good guest.

People adjust their behavior to fit the society they live in. They integrate because they have to. But what they are on the inside doesn't change.