Clifford Geertz Quotes

I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain.

Clifford Geertz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 23, 1926 - October 30, 2006

Topics

ThinkUncertainStillKnownI Think

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

Jodie Foster

LoveListeningMoviesNothingTalk

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

John F. Kennedy

FutureLightDarknessCandleSafe

Failure is a word that I simply don't accept.

John H. Johnson

FailureAcceptWordSimply

Acting is happy agony.

Jean-Paul Sartre

HappyActingAgony

The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46.

Alvin Toffler

DaughterAgeLossTragedyDisease

When I was wrestling, I was 19, I was young.

Stacy Keibler

YoungWrestling

Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don't wanna tell people, 'I never really listened to Waylon.'

Sturgill Simpson

PeopleInfluenceYouWayNeverTell

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.

Toni Morrison

PeopleBlackUnderstandingSmiling

When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.

Michael Jordan

BasketballWorldLearnYouYoung

I think entrepreneurship is combining a passion with the tenacity to problem-solve and the fearlessness to fail.

Julia Hartz

PassionThinkTenacityFailI Think

My acting career began at age three and my parents got me into it. I was in a McDonald's commercial.

Corey Feldman

AgeParentsMeCareerActingThree

In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That goes against the grain for me.

Anne-Marie Duff

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