"Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the Holocaust."

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"Once we got out of Jefferson Park, we rolled down the one window that worked so the world would know we had good taste in music."

John Green, American Author

Culture, Music, Taste, Expression

"Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Culture, Language, Diplomacy, Communication

"Ram-fication of Ravan-ous thoughts is what Dussehra all about."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Culture, Tradition, Reflection, Symbolism

"I'm drawn to write about upstate New York in the way in which a dreamer might have recurring dreams. My childhood and girlhood were spent in upstate New York, in the country north of Buffalo and West of Rochester. So this part of New York state is very familiar to me and, with its economic difficulties, has become emblematic of much of American life."

Joyce Carol Oates, American Novelist

Culture, Memory, Childhood, Life

"Reading's not a luxury, art's not a luxury. It's about your soul, and it's about yourself. And if reading is a luxury, being human is a luxury."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Culture, Art, Soul, Reading, Self

"The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them there ought to be as many for love."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Culture, Snow, Language, Love

"We are nothing but bricks from our cultural molds."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Culture, Identity, Tradition, Humanity

"To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way."

Alexander McCall Smith, British Author

Culture, Language, Identity, Loss, Memory

"The problem with our culture is we cling to so many different truths. Yet, the truths that we cling to also depend on our point of view. Maybe, the journey to a truth that can be free of hatred, bias and injustice requires a journey of the soul to see all view points."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Culture, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Culture, Fashion, Observation, Social, Time

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"Of course, Marxism is an example of what Carl Popper would have called a 'World Three' structure, in that it's got immense power as an idea, but you couldn't actually hold up anything in the world and say: 'this is Marxism'."

Power

"It wasn't so much all the sex that robbed me of my moral bearings, but all the narcotics. I must say, there's something about opium that goes very well with lesbianism."

Addiction

"I don't think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. Having had a truncated school life myself, all of my education from the age of 17 has been self-taught. I wouldn't be the person I am today if it wasn't for the opportunities the library gave me."

Education

"Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We've seen where their way leads, through camps and wars, towards the slaughterhouse."

Society

"People's lives take them strange places. They do strange things, and... well, sometimes they can't talk about them."

Life

"Happiness is a prison, Evey. Happiness is the most insidious prison of all."

Emotions

"Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember."

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"Once we got out of Jefferson Park, we rolled down the one window that worked so the world would know we had good taste in music."

"Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely."

"Ram-fication of Ravan-ous thoughts is what Dussehra all about."

"Reading's not a luxury, art's not a luxury. It's about your soul, and it's about yourself. And if reading is a luxury, being human is a luxury."

"The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them there ought to be as many for love."

"We are nothing but bricks from our cultural molds."

"To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way."

"The problem with our culture is we cling to so many different truths. Yet, the truths that we cling to also depend on our point of view. Maybe, the journey to a truth that can be free of hatred, bias and injustice requires a journey of the soul to see all view points."

"For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned."

Explore more quotes by Alan Moore

"Of course, Marxism is an example of what Carl Popper would have called a 'World Three' structure, in that it's got immense power as an idea, but you couldn't actually hold up anything in the world and say: 'this is Marxism'."

"It wasn't so much all the sex that robbed me of my moral bearings, but all the narcotics. I must say, there's something about opium that goes very well with lesbianism."

"Books require titles reading them doesn't."

"Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."

"I'm remote from most technology to the point that I'm kind of Amish."

"Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We've seen where their way leads, through camps and wars, towards the slaughterhouse."

"People's lives take them strange places. They do strange things, and... well, sometimes they can't talk about them."

"Happiness is a prison, Evey. Happiness is the most insidious prison of all."

"Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember."