Clifford Geertz Quotes

The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what a physicist means by physical intuition and what a mathematician means by beauty or elegance are things worth thinking about.

Clifford Geertz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BeautyThinkingEleganceWorthWay

Oddly my name has been no professional help at all! It seems to have made no difference. I admire him hugely, both for his benevolence and his enormous psychological perception.

Joanna Trollope

PerceptionNameHelpProfessional

And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were affected for a time; men became sterile, women had miscarriages, menstruation stopped.

John Hersey

NatureWomenTimeMenManOwn

The great thing about working with NPR - and, really, there's like a million of 'em - is all the cool stuff I get to do for the public. Meet the president. Hang out at the National Finals Rodeo in Vegas. Drink a $10,000 martini.

John Ridley

GreatCoolVegasMeetDrinkOut

My dad did everything he could. It was a start-up, and the banks didn't want to lend him enough money, so he mortgaged our house.

Rob Portman

MoneyEnoughHouseWantEverything

Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell them the truth about themselves.

Robert Anton Wilson

LiveTruthAngryPeopleGrowTell

Before the Internet, we were in a different sort of dark age. We had to wait to hear news on TV at night or in print the next day. We had to go to record stores to find new music. Cocktail party debates couldn't be settled on the spot.

Marvin Ammori

MusicAgeDayWaitNightInternet

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

Michelangelo

MeHandWellOnlyChisel

When I was little, I used to work with my dad on the engine of his car. Mostly this was a matter of me handing him wrenches.

Mireille Enos

WorkCarMeMatterHimLittle

There is nothing terribly wrong with my face, even if some of its parts aren't very inspiring.

Moby

FaceWrongNothingEvenSomeVery

I was a sitting judge in Manhattan. I was a supervising judge in Manhattan, and they said to me, 'Did you ever think of doing what you do on television?'

Judy Sheindlin

MeThinkJudgeDoingYouTelevision

I compose most of my tweets with care, as if they were aphorisms - they are not usually dashed-off. Sometimes I'm surprised by the high, poetic quality of Twitter - it lends itself to a surreal sort of self-expression.

Joyce Carol Oates

QualityCareSometimesHighMost

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

NatureHuman NatureYouHumanYour

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