Marvin Harris Quotes

I think that by following the route that I have tried to outline, one gets into a much more interesting and productive series of questions than those that result from saying simply that Chinese don't like milk because they don't like milk.

Marvin Harris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 18, 1927 - October 25, 2001

Topics

SayingThinkInterestingQuestions

Death is such a strange thing. One minute you're here and then just gone. You'd think there would be an anteroom, a place where you could be visited before you go.

John Banville

DeathThinkYouPlaceGoStrange

The problem with the standard American diet, a primary cause of our current obesity epidemic, is the fact that the majority of foods consumed are high in calories and low in micronutrients.

Joel Fuhrman

AmericanDietProblemObesityHigh

A lot of teenagers have parents that are maybe a little too real with them.

Jennifer Damiano

ParentsRealLittleTeenagersMaybe

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

Jeffery Deaver

LifePoetryMy LifeYoungAlways

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.

Sue Grafton

LightDayNumbersThreeNeverFirst

I think they will never really enjoy true democracy in China.

Simon Winchester

DemocracyThinkEnjoyTrueNever

More than just music, the splash of water or a lone footstep can put you in the moment. Sound is just another tool in the developer's toolbox to draw the player further into the game.

Rob Manuel

MusicWaterMomentGameYouSound

The way I started playing music was sitting around with friends and singing songs. I love good ol' fashioned guitar pulls.

Rodney Atkins

LoveGoodMusicSingingGuitarWay

I've got lots of problems. Being gay isn't one of them.

Mary Gauthier

ProblemsGayBeingGotLotsThem

There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders.

Mike Johanns

MomentumCountryBordersAfter

I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That's what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that's from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter.

Jay-Z

KnowledgeTimeDayKingWorldThink

I do not believe 'Newsweek' is the only catcher in the rye between democracy and ignorance, but I think we're one of them, and I don't think there are that many on the edge of that cliff.

Jon Meacham

IgnoranceDemocracyBelieveThink

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