Mauss Quotes & Sayings

When adversities flow, then love ebbs; but friendship standeth stiffly in storms. — John Lyly

Because I'm evil, that's why. I'm an evil monster, two at once all the time and both evil. That's why. — Ainslie Hogarth

I couldn't even be mad at him, because this was who he was. This was who he'd always been. He'd never lied about that. He gave and then he took away. I felt it in the pit of my stomach, the familiar ache, that lost, regretful feeling only he could give me. I never wanted to feel it again. Never, ever. Maybe this was why I came, so I could really know. So I could say good-bye. — Jenny Han

Anthropology found its Galileo in Rivers, its Newton in Mauss. — Claude Levi-Strauss

In a broader sense, the value of heirlooms is always, as I have said, an historical value, derived from acts of production, use, or appropriation that have involved the object in the past. The value of an heirloom is really that of actions: actions whose significance has been, as it were, absorbed into the object's current identity - whether the emphasis is placed on the inspired labors of the artist who created it, the lengths to which some people have been known to go to acquire it, or the fact that it was once used to cut off a mythical giant's head. Since the value of the actions has already been fixed in the physical being of the object, it is perhaps a short leap to begin attributing the agency behind such actions to the object as well, and speak, as Mauss does, of valuables that transfer themselves from owner to owner or actively influence their owners' fates. The — David Graeber

The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin. — Alexander Cockburn

If you work with convictions, people have got to listen to you. — George Lois

After realization, the attention becomes enlightened. — Nirmala Srivastava

The mentor-mentee relationship is ideally like that of the guru and disciple: motivated by the desire of the guru to impart knowledge to the disciple. — Vivek Wadhwa

My brother is still fighting, and his screams slice right through me. I know then that I will hear them over and over again, echoing in every hour of every day until I am dead or I make it right. I know it. — Sabaa Tahir

The incident with Dawn hadn't been one of my finer moments. I honestly hadn't expected to break any bones when I shoved her into a tree. Still, the incident had given me a dangerous reputation. The story had gained legendary status, and I liked to imagine that it was still being told around campfires late at night. Judging by the look on the girl's face, it was. — Richelle Mead

It is not simply to show power...that a man...throws coppers into the sea...In doing this he is also sacrificing to the gods and spirits... — Marcel Mauss

The factory model of education is a gargantuan bureaucracy. Some kids are good fits - I wasn't. The system gives you bad grades and tells you you're stupid. You don't think, 'If this kid's not a good fit, it could be the system's fault.' — Jose Ferreira