While I respect cultures and different cultures, I get really frustrated when westerners quote sayings (often way out of context) from other cultures as if they were great pearls of wisdom that could change the world. Its almost treated the same way as horoscope's and religion in terms of lack of relevance. I watched "The Interpreter" last night and couldn't help thinking as they were quoting little sayings from Africa -- "well of course all of that wisdom has really done that continent well over the last few hundred years." Maybe I am just too cynical...