Clifford Geertz Quotes

Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should.

Clifford Geertz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DoingStraightforwardMostShould

It was a very exciting time for me to play professional football, finally.

Jim Otto

TimeFootballMeProfessionalPlay

Watching Bernadette Peters perform is like an acting class. She's amazing.

Jenna Ushkowitz

AmazingActingClassSheWatching

I think, in this country, if you work 40 hours a week, and you work hard, you ought to be able to afford an apartment somewhere.

John Hickenlooper

WorkWork HardThinkWeekYouHard

The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you have 20 different parties that divide Congress and the country and can't govern.

Michael Beschloss

AmericaYouCountryCongressSystem

You cannot sit quiet while the KKK and other white supremacist groups rear their ugly heads.

Ron Stallworth

UglyYouWhiteQuietSitCannot

I grew up in San Francisco and moved to L.A. about 20 years ago, and now my main home is in Hollywood.

Roman Coppola

HomeNowHollywoodYearsUpMoved

I always rewrite the very beginning of a novel. I rewrite the beginning as I write the ending, so I may spend part of morning writing the ending, the last 100 pages approximately, and then part of the morning revising the beginning. So the style of the novel has a consistency.

Joyce Carol Oates

MorningStyleBeginningConsistency

Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe that's their gift.

Denzel Washington

GoodGodJobWarPeopleGift

I'm not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I'm talking about now.

Debra Wilson

WomenBeautifulTalkingSkinNow

Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.

Dean Rusk

FreshOutRuleContinuityApproaches

I've wanted to do it for years, but every attempt at it has turned into another tune. We have actually taken a different approach, we're doing a lot of sampling - we're even sampling bits of Flash!

Peter Banks

DoingYearsDifferentEvenApproach

I bet on my team to win every night because I love my team; I believe in my team. I did everything in my power every night to win that game.

Pete Rose

LovePowerTeamWinNightBelieve

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