1 The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Giono, Cultural differences, Misconceptions, Stereotypes, 0 Jean Giono Writer · France Copy
2 This is perfect for India because everyone who comes here gets the trots. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jeremy Clarkson, Cultural differences, Health, Humor, 0 Jeremy Clarkson Television presenter · England Copy
3 When strangers meet, great allowance should be made for differences of custom and training. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Frank Herbert, Cultural differences, Tolerance, Understanding, 0 Frank Herbert Author · USA Copy
4 Life for the European is a career; for the American it is a hazard. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary McCarthy, Career, Cultural differences, Hazard, 0 Mary McCarthy Writer · USA Copy
5 In Europe you learn not to fail, and in America you fail to learn. You need failure. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hartmut Esslinger, Cultural differences, Failure, Learning, 0 Hartmut Esslinger Copy
6 Should we distrust the man because his manners are not our manners, and that his skin is dark? Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James F. Cooper, Cultural differences, Discrimination, Prejudice, 0 James F. Cooper Author · USA Copy
7 It’s difficult to get to know a Swede. But once you do, you’re in. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Skarsgard, Cultural differences, Friendship, Intimacy, 0 Alexander Skarsgard Actor Copy
8 Usually speaking, the worst-bred person in company is a young traveller just returned from abroad. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Jonathan Swift, Arrogance, Cultural differences, Ignorance, 0 Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland Copy
9 Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Bolton, Conflict, Cultural differences, Perception, 0 John Bolton Lawyer · USA Copy
10 A lot of people say that comedy doesnt travel well. I found it very accessible. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mark Addy, Accessibility, Comedy, Cultural differences, 0 Mark Addy Actor · United Kingdom Copy
11 American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simon Pegg, Cultural differences, Expression, 0 Simon Pegg Actor · England Copy
12 What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Madeleine Albright, Cultural differences, Optimism, 0 Madeleine Albright Diplomat · Czechia Copy
13 The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Malcolm Bradbury, Cultural differences, Deception, Diplomacy, 0 Malcolm Bradbury Writer · England Copy
14 Quarrels in France strengthen a love affair, in America they end it. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Ned Rorem, Conflict, Cultural differences, Relationships, 0 Ned Rorem Composer · USA Copy
15 The big problem in the world is when people are forced to be in a totally foreign context. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isabelle Huppert, Adaptation, Cultural differences, Isolation, 0 Isabelle Huppert Actress · France Copy
16 Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages. Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Cultural differences, Language, Metaphysics, 0 Benjamin Lee Whorf Linguist · USA Copy
17 They [the English] have a special word, “civil,” for what is elsewhere merely ordinary politeness. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edmund Wilson, Cultural differences, Language, Politeness, 0 Edmund Wilson Writer · USA Copy
18 Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Edgar Friedenberg, Cultural differences, Politeness, Rudeness, 0 Edgar Friedenberg Writer · USA Copy
19 America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years. Author, August 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Akio Morita, Cultural differences, Perceptions, 0 Akio Morita Businessman · Japan Copy
20 If the East loves infinity, the West delights in boundaries. Author, June 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Boundaries, Cultural differences, Infinity, 0 Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA Copy
21 Everything that’s innocent to us is crazy to them. Author, June 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Ernest Hemingway, Cultural differences, Innocence, Perception, 0 Ernest Hemingway Author · USA Copy
22 An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable. Author, April 22, 2023December 25, 2024, George Bernard Shaw, Cultural differences, Discomfort, Morality, 0 George Bernard Shaw Playwright · Ireland Copy
I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany´s. Truman Capote Writer · USA
Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician Wynton Marsalis Musician · USA
