Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should

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

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

That was courage, Keller thought. Not doing something without being afraid, but doing something even though you were afraid.

What is life if not laughter and love, caring and compassion, fresh bread and crisp radishes?

What I miss the most is chatting with my friends and family and having a good laugh over a simple meal.

In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.

We was sneakin' in and it was general admission, Now we ownin' the arena and decidin' who allowed in it.

It's President [Barack] Obama sounding the alarm, scaring the crap out of the American people. Saying if you don't raise the debt feeling, we're going to default.

Moderation is the key so I work certain amout of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.

Sometimes the given seems like something taken away.

My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'

Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality.