Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything

One of the most significant facts about humanity may finally be that we all begin with the natural equipment to a live a thousand kinds of life but end in the end having lived only one

We don't know what we think until we see what we say.

Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun.

Culture is public, because meaning is

Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should

Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.

Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is.

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things

Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is

Life isn't about counting what you've earned or what you've done for others. I think life is in those in-between moments when you do something, and you feel really, truly happy just by doing it.

I want to live a creative life.

I threatened to gouge one of his eyes out." Cathy

Keep your right up or there'll be nothing left of you." - 100 BulletsI love this quote because it has double meaning.

Morality and legality have nothing to do with one another.

Eternity is a ham and two people.

I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naïve hope.

My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime

Nothing is strong that may not be endangered even by the weak.

The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.