Ruth Benedict Quotes

The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists.

Ruth Benedict

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 5, 1887 - September 17, 1948

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We are domesticated animals, revolving in a cage which we have built for ourselves - with its contentions, wranglings, its impossible political leaders, its gurus who exploit our self-conceit and their own with great refinement or rather crudely.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

GreatImpossiblePoliticalAnimals

I'm a prime example of a person who loves hip-hop, and I will defend it till the day I die.

Jason Moran

DayDiePersonHip-HopWillDefend

I can't imagine Jon Cryer performing with the New York Philharmonic isn't one of the signs of apocalypse.

Jon Cryer

New YorkNewSignsImagineYorkJon

There are no tests similar to SATs to tell us how much undergraduates know. State legislators, who appropriate billions of dollars each year to higher education, are naturally interested in finding out what they are getting for their money.

Derek Bok

EducationMoneyHigher EducationYear

California is a tragic country - like Palestine, like every Promised Land.

Christopher Isherwood

CountryLandCaliforniaLikeTragic

I wanted to share my love of coffee with a wider audience and also continue to raise money for The Thirst Project through Common Culture Coffee.

Connor Franta

LoveCoffeeCultureMoneyProject

I'm an honest person and don't lead my life on other people's terms.

Anushka Sharma

LifePeopleMy LifePersonLead

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

LifeBrainyLivingGiveGetMake

I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians.

Pauline Hanson

BelieveI BelieveDangerAsians

I'm the CEO; I'm the one who should be looking out for risk.

Kenneth C. Griffin

LookingRiskOutCEOWhoShould

During my early skating years, there were not many ice rinks in Korea, and even the few rinks that existed, most of them were public.

Kim Yuna

IceEarlySkatingYearsEvenMost

I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade.

Kevin de Leon

FreeThinkFairFree TradeTrade

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