Clifford Geertz Quotes

Two people have been really liberating in my mind; one is Wittgenstein and the other is Burke. I read Burke before he was a secular saint, before everyone was reading him.

Clifford Geertz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleMindReadingTwo PeopleHim

The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the House act to protect it as we approach our nation's birthday, and as our men and women in uniform rally behind it in Iraq's battlefields.

Joe Barton

BirthdayWomenJusticeMenDemocracy

I'm essentially an actor. And the fact that I got away with singing and dancing for a long time is still a miracle to me.

Joel Grey

TimeMeSingingLongLong TimeAway

It took me too long to realise that if you go to a marriage counsellor to resolve problems, it's in his interest to keep the marriage going.

Michael Douglas

MarriageMeProblemsLongYouGo

For many of us, sport has provided the continuity in our lives, the alternative family to the one we left behind. It gives us something to talk about, to preen about, to care about.

John Thorn

FamilyCareTalkLeftSomethingUs

There are fundamentalist psychopaths in every religion in the world. Every single one.

Sophia Bush

ReligionWorldSingleFundamentalist

Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.

Solon

ManHappyLuckyDeadCallOnly

Washington is unpredictable these days.

Steve Wynn

WashingtonUnpredictableDays

But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

AfghanistanBeingMadeAboutAlso

I think the membrane - I say that the membrane between life and death is perilously thin. And I do think the story of Jesus, this great mythical story, can have transforming value in our lives.

Jay Parini

LifeGreatDeathValueStoryThink

I never set out to intentionally hurt any player and never enticed any teammate to intentionally hurt another player. I also never put any money into a bounty pool or helped to create a bounty pool intended to pay out money for injuring other players.

Jonathan Vilma

MoneyHurtPoolCreateNeverPay

An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal structure; a local official who has not been paid off can sometimes stop a billion-dollar project.

Aravind Adiga

PowerLimitsPoliticalIndiaStop

The inner world is very potent for me - I don't ascribe to any God or Jesus or Buddha - I just have a sense of it and revere it along with the natural world and human consciousness.

Annie Lennox

GodMeWorldHumanConsciousness

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Clifford Geertz