I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now

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

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

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

While my college had done an excellent job recruiting me, I had no road map for what I was supposed to do once I made it to campus.

The only way you can own this moment is to evict the victim mentality from the dwelling of your mind.

On average, since the urge to kill myself isn't so strong that I actually kill myself, the world is worth living in.

It is difficult to understand the journey of a hero, ” the whisperer said.

The abuse of love, like the abuse of health, brings suffering and death in its train.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.

I think about my life and what's important to me sometimes. Working for WWE and being a Diva has really been the only thing that's made me feel great about myself.

Duty never stopped anyone from following their dreams.

I'm too disorganized.