I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false

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

Proof' is the hallmark of religion.

..we'll deal with it, because the good outweighs the bad.

We are far from perfect but willing to be different.

The people I still talk to are some of the old Galaxy players all over the place. That's a bond that's pretty special.

Bitterness about your parents’ brokenness will kill you. Be the grace-filled end of generational sin in your family.

Having three daughters, it is important for me to set a good example and teach them to make decisions that are healthy for your heart no matter what age you are.

Just keep focusing on the work that you're doing. Focus on what's in front of you today. And don't read the papers, just go campaign. Just do your thing. Talk to people directly

What a tragedy is help where it harms what it supports!

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?