Geertz Anthropologist Quotes & Sayings

A great gift - a gift of Dharma conquers all gifts. — Gautama Buddha

the way he could walk straight into a party full of people they didn't know and stick his hand out to a stranger and say, "I'm Nick. This is my wife, Alice." It was as though he had an amazing skill, like playing a complicated musical instrument, that Alice could never hope to master. — Liane Moriarty

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. — George Bernard Shaw

It's not a sprint to get in shape. — Kerri Walsh

I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist. — Clifford Geertz

I don't care if people say that I am staying hungry and foolish. — Santosh Kalwar

I got married, going to become father soon, being No. 1 in the sport that I love with all my heart. I mean, it's pretty awesome. — Novak Djokovic

War, in our country, ought never to be resorted to but when it is clearly justifiable and necessary; so much so as not to require the aid of logic to convince our understanding nor the ardour of eloquence to inflame our passions. There are many reasons why this country should never resort to it but for causes the most urgent and necessary. — John C. Calhoun

Because of the rush of human knowledge, because of the digital revolution, I have a voice, and I do not need to scream. — Roger Ebert

The printing press was at first mistaken for an engine of immortality by everybody except Shakespeare. — Marshall McLuhan

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. — Thomas Jefferson

History, as it was purveyed to us, was not so much a narrative, not even the detached observation of the rise and fall of fortunes and cultures. It was the litany of loss, attended by the inevitable sympathy for the vanquished side. The past was always the underdog, and we sensed it was only right to be on its side against the bully future. We were left with the impression that our own grip was loosening on some essential pediment as one empire after another was swallowed up, and the centuries collapsed into our own. — Patricia Hampl

Mad as a fucking hatter. Jesus, — Mark Haddon