The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group.

Language is the most massive and inclusive art we know, a mountainous and anonymous work of unconscious generations.

Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations.

We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.

Nonverbal communication is an elaborate secret code that is written nowhere, known by none, and understood by all.

Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal.

I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.

In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science.

You're bruised, as ugly as one of your Cyclops, and I can barely stand to look at you." - Duncan to Madelyne.

Just the perfect peace of nothingness. That's what I believed.

Total violent crime in the United States 2013: (Number:1, 163, 146), (Rate per 100, 000: 367.9).

The mind which renounces once and forever a futile hope has its compensations in ever-growing calm.

The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.

Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt.

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

To venture into space we must be strong-willed and determined. We must be fully committed to its exploration and discovery; space permits no half measures and is unforgiving of mistakes.

See God in every person, place, and thing, and all will be well in your world.

Writing is hard, even for authors who do it all the time.