Kate Fox Quotes & Sayings

Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback. — Kate Fox

Women are more skilled than men at making gossip entertaining. — Kate Fox

Men gossip for just as long and about the same subjects as women, but tend to talk more about themselves. — Kate Fox

Native speakers can rarely explain the grammatical rules of their own language. In the same way, those who are most 'fluent' in the rituals, customs and traditions of a particular culture generally lack the detachment necessary to explain the 'grammar' of these practices in an intelligible manner. This is why we have anthropologists. — Kate Fox

Humour is our 'default mode', if you like: we do not have to switch it on deliberately, and we cannot switch it off. — Kate Fox

Many of those who pontificate about "acculturation" are inclined to underestimate this element of choice. Such processes are often described in terms suggesting that the "dominant" culture is simply imposed on unwitting, passive minorities, rather than focusing on the extent to which individuals quite consciously, deliberately, cleverly and even mockingly pick and choose amongst the behaviours and customs of their host culture — Kate Fox

Social scientists are not universally liked or appreciated, but we are still marginally more acceptable than alcoholics and escaped lunatics. — Kate Fox

Tea is still believed, by English people of all classes, to have miraculous properties. A cup of tea can cure, or at least significantly alleviate, almost all minor physical ailments and indispositions, from a headache to a scraped knee. Tea is also an essential remedy for all social and psychological ills, from a bruised ego to the trauma of a divorce or bereavement. This magical drink can be used equally effectively as a sedative or stimulant, to calm and soothe or to revive and invigorate. Whatever your mental or physical state, what you need is 'a nice cup of tea'. — Kate Fox

...fine love poetry tends to be written when the object of one's affection is at a safe distance; also, it often reflects a love of words more than a love of women... — Kate Fox

A truly English protest march would see us all chanting: 'What do we want? GRADUAL CHANGE! When do we want it? IN DUE COURSE! — Kate Fox

Researchers have found very little difference between men and women in terms of the amount of time spent gossiping. — Kate Fox