Collectivist Culture Quotes & Sayings

Indeed, it is almost a rule that the more simple and commonplace something is, the more difficult it is to understand it. — Jack Henry Abbott

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective. — Christopher Lasch

I've always loved the dialogue that Pedro Almodovar writes. — Bonnie Wright

Golf is something I do selfishly for myself. — Tiger Woods

Last month, Dean Sheeter (whose name usually transports Franny when I mention it) approached me with his gracious smile and bull whip, and I am now lecturing to the faculty, their wives, and a few oppressively-deep type undergraduates every Friday on Zen and Mahayana Buddhism. A feat, I haven't a doubt, that will eventually earn me the Eastern Philosophy Chair in Hell. — J.D. Salinger

She curled sideways into the milky light of the bedside lamp and began to read. — Sara Sheridan

The sequence was initiated by Gene's insisting I give a lecture on Asperger's syndrome that he had previously agreed to deliver himself. The timing was extremely annoying. The preparation could be time-shared with lunch consumption, on the designated evening I had scheduled ninety-four minutes to clean my bathroom. — Graeme Simsion

In the silence of the mountain there is much you can learn. — Dennis McKay

Just because everybody else is engaged in a group hug with Barack Obama doesn't mean that somebody doesn't have to tell the truth. — Joe Scarborough

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them. — Pierre De Coubertin

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me! — Jimmy Connors