The magnificent title of the Functional School of Anthropology has been bestowed on myself, in a way on myself, and to a large extent out of my own sense of irresponsibility.

The final goal ... is to grasp the native's point of view, his relation to life, to realise his vision of his world.

I, personally, am unable to accept any revealed religion, Christian or not.

You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or prison.

[W.H.R.] Rivers is the Rider Haggard of anthropology; I shall be the Conrad.

She is the fragrance of a dozen jasmines.

Disequilibrium is often instigated by the will to power, a sleepless drive in the human personality to control others, to force them to do what one wants, or not to do what one opposes.

Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home.

You are where you are today because youve chosen to be there.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts. [Lat., Paupertas . . . omnes artes perdocet.]

I'm currently working on a Mind Siege for youth.

Even though it was the 70s, we found old stocks of clothes that had never been worn from the 50s and took them apart. I started to teach myself how to make clothes from that kind of formula.

Loyal? As loyal as anyone who plays second fiddle ever is.

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description.