"A culture may be conceived as a network of beliefs and purposes in which any string in the net pulls and is pulled by the others,thus perpetually changing the configuration of the whole. If the cultural element called morals takes on a new shape, we must ask what other strings have pulled it out of line. It cannot be one solitary string, nor even the strings nearby, for the network is three-dimensional at least."

-- Jacques Barzun

#Three Quotes #Culture Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“What is crucial is there be laws.”
“It's like 10,000 spoons, when all you need is a knife.”
“Velveeta: you can eat it - or wax your car with it!”
“The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own.”
“You are the generation that will reach the sea and hoist the flag of Palestine over Tel Aviv.”
“Two people who I think have the world's most perfect skin are Cate Blanchett and Kate Bosworth. Maybe there's something to being named Kate, I don't know, but those two just seem to be effortless, yet completely, ethereally gorgeous.”
“Exploiting the stupidity of the American voter is fun and easy: kinda like squeezing a lemon.”
“Since the universe is infinite, that inspires me with endless ideas.”

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