Appropriating Culture Quotes & Sayings

Phonetics, you know speech, all this kind of stuff, phonograph, simple, but when you unpack the meaning it actually kind of expands out and that is what I was going for in my book "Sound Unbound" was to try and get people to figure out how do we unpack some of the meanings that go into these kinds of sonically coded landscapes. — DJ Spooky

Know one or two families, at least, in this town, who, for nearly a generation, have been wishing to sell their houses in the outskirts and move into the village, but have not been able to accomplish it, and only death will set them free. — Henry David Thoreau

Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts fall for. — Amos Tversky

Common sense. Mothers are the last riddle, the worst horror, the only consolation. — Kiana Davenport

It is not just disposable income but whether people feel good about their immediate future that drives sales. It is this feel-good factor that drives the purchases more and more than mere economic wealth. — Johann Rupert

What if God's a woman? Not only am I going to hell - I'll never know why! — Adam Ferrara

I found it to be kind of ironic, because I'm white, therefore I'm appropriating culture, but then Eminem won it - who's white and won it many times - and they didn't seem to say anything about that. I suspect it was just because they dislike me. — Iggy Azalea

The job of Seoul mayor is as important as that of president. — Chung Mong-joon

Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death. — Lady Gregory

If you have the ability, give as if it's life's duty. — Debasish Mridha

This has been harder for my friends. I know I'm going to die. — Dick Sargent

this religion's substance is its lack of substance. In McLuhanesque terms, the medium is the message. Some people might find that cool. — Haruki Murakami

This isn't goodbye. It's "see you later". — Louise Bagshawe

We're not dreamers. We're awaking from a dream turning into a nightmare. We're not destroying anything. We're watching the system destroy itself. — Slavoj Zizek

Simon thought I was lovely.
Was the Giggler out of the harem?
Was there even a harem left?
What did this mean?
Would I only think in questions now?
And if so, who is Eric Cartman's father? — Alice Clayton

I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can. — Guy Pearce