Mary Douglas Quotes

Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command.

Mary Douglas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 25, 1921 - May 16, 2007

Topics

EqualityStrongThinkConfidentDown

There's a trend toward anti-heroes now, and I think it goes back to guys like Bogart and Cagney. They seemed to have no compassion, and they were always alone.

Jim Brown

AloneCompassionThinkBackNow

I am undecided whether or not the Milky Way is but one of countless others all of which form an entire system. Perhaps the light from these infinitely distant galaxies is so faint that we cannot see them.

Johann Heinrich Lambert

LightI AmWayOthersSeeSystem

My best career decision was probably not giving up when I wanted to. God as well as my family and friends were there for me during my toughest times.

Jeremy Lin

FamilyGodDecisionBestMeGiving

They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.

Matthew Prior

ThinkTalkDrinkNeverAlwaysTaste

The use of chance operations opened out my way of working. The body tends to be habitual. The use of chance allowed us to find new ways to move and to put movements together that would not otherwise have been available to us. It revealed possibilities that were always there except that my mind hadn't seen them.

Merce Cunningham

TogetherMindChancePossibilities

Elon Musk is an incredible leader and entrepreneur. I have known him since 1995 when he first came to Silicon Valley.

Steve Jurvetson

LeaderEntrepreneurFirstHimValley

Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.

Mason Cooley

VegetablesCivilizationAnimalsTurn

I'm kind of like a rapper trapped in a singer's body.

Mike Posner

BodyKindTrappedRapperSinger

When we ask bureaucrats to identify who is responsible for fixing anything, they reassure us that there are 'procedures in place.'

Michel Faber

PlaceResponsibleAskAnythingUs

Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.

Dick Schaap

SugarBeingCloseHeRayAfter

My awards are lovely. I love to show them off.

Doris Roberts

LoveAwardsLovelyShowOffThem

Richard Kerry not only was a pilot in World War II, but was a civil servant. He did not come from money.

Douglas Brinkley

MoneyWarWorldPilotWorld War II

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