No child is capable of speech until he has heard other human beings speak, and even two infants reared together cannot develop a language from scratch.

Food to a large extent is what holds a society together, and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.

A complex society is not necessarily more advanced than a simple one; it has just adapted to conditions in a more complicated way.

Gestures and facial expressions do indeed communicate, as anyone can prove by turning off the sound on a television set and asking watchers to characterize the speakers from the picture alone.

The environment does not determine man's culture; it merely sets the outer limits and at the same time offers opportunities.

Despite the theories traditionally taught in high-school social studies, the truth is: the more primitive the society, the more leisured its way of life.

An inability to communicate has little to do with international friction-as is seen in the special ferocity of wars fought between people who speak the same language.

An invention or new combination can be successful only if all if the elements necessary for the recombination are present in the culture.

People who speak the same language can hate one another as easily as can people who speak unrelated languages.

In place of science, the Eskimo has only magic to bridge the gap between what he can understand and what is not known. Without magic, his life would be one long panic.

Language does not stand still. Surprisingly, despite this knowledge, most speakers are fearful of change.

History is indeed more than the register of crime, folilies and misfortune of mankind.

If we say that no one's out there And we say we're goin' nowhere And we avoid the question Is this all that it means?

It was my dream as a kid was to make history.

This is what I find encouraging about the writing trades: ... They allow lunatics to seem saner than sane.

The reality is people are going to steal the record instead of buying it. It's kind of a cancer in the industry where people will just use a streaming service and then won't buy the record.

The public buys "art" - but the word is drained of its meaning.

In sum, the struggle for our future is . . . the struggle between those who cling to patterns of domination and those working for a more equitable partnership world.

Does age matter? Time doesn't matter.

And there is even a happiness That makes the heart afraid.

Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated.... There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust.