Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn't hit fully until you've been in a place for a long time. Votes: 5
I foresee death by culture shock. Votes: 2
America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home. Votes: 2
After the stretch of weather we've had, this is going to be a culture shock for some people. We always end up crashing back to reality. Votes: 2
I find, on my own travels, that the most depressing form of culture shock is experienced when you go into a country that is under the thumb of a dictator. Votes: 2
A lot of people don't know the culture shock of how you can be in a rich area and then be in poverty. People don't know how different it is over there. Votes: 2
When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men. Votes: 2
One of the things I tend to do is open myself up to a variety of voices. I try to expose myself to the kind of culture shock that occurs when you talk to people who speak a different language. Votes: 2
When i've done camera test, after we've shot and I've seen the monitor with the glasses (wearing a Kimono) and looking by myself in 3D. Oh my god. Especially for a Samurai film. I've never seen that. It's kind of a culture shock. Votes: 2
When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and straight hair. Then we moved to an all-white neighborhood and that was a culture shock ... I'd been used to being around all black kids. Votes: 2
When I arrived in America, I experienced serious culture shock. For someone with a religious upbringing, the 1960s were an extremely difficult time. Even though religion was a big part of the civil rights and peace movements, in my college religion was treated as irrelevant, hopelessly stodgy, and behind the times. Votes: 2
Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene. The culture shock continued; Olympia had bagels! We didn't have bagels in Arkansas. You could order vegetarian food all over town! It was so crazy to me - a place with so many vegetarians, the restaurants made special dishes for them? Votes: 2
The thing that really struck me when I went to junior high was class. I grew up on a pretty poor street, but the school district I was in included some fine neighborhoods - so I got to know a couple of the kids from those places and went to their houses and experienced such culture shock. Votes: 2
Places like India can give you a real culture shock because of the poverty you see, and it brings you up sharply. Votes: 0
Moving to London was a culture shock, but in a really good way. I'm more aware now, and I'm less trusting of people in the music industry. Votes: 0
Must have been quite the culture shock, going there.â âYes it was.â Idris doesnât say that the real culture shock has been in coming back. Votes: 0
I moved from Italy to Oregon in the '80s - sort of like moving to the middle of a "Duck Dynasty" episode, which was massive culture shock to say the least. Votes: 0
Going there [Japan] in the early 80s was quite a culture shock. I think the bombardment of Shinjuku and all that would have filtered through, which certainly informed things we later filmed. Votes: 0
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. Votes: 7 Marcus Garvey
An artist should know art history. Shock value only lasts so long. Votes: 6 Robert Longo