Claude Levi-Strauss Quotes

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.

Claude Levi-Strauss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: November 28, 1908 - October 30, 2009

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MindQuestionsAskRightAnswers

Nobody smolders in real life.

Joe Gilgun

LifeNobodyRealReal Life

Our houses, shops, and factories waste gigantic amounts of energy, often in the form of excess heat. How do we slash this waste? The answer is fairly simple: with a smart thermal water grid.

Jens Martin Skibsted

WaterSimpleSmartEnergyHeatOur

Liberal democracy has endured because its institutions are designed for handling morally hazardous forms of coercive power. It puts the question of how far government should go to the cross fire of adversarial review.

Michael Ignatieff

PowerFireGovernmentDemocracyGo

I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan.

Steve Buscemi

KnowNeverBigGoingGetDifferent

I tried to get Primal Scream to come over to America several times.

Steven Van Zandt

AmericaOverGetComeScreamTried

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

Simone Weil

StruggleSerenityNewNeverAgainst

I'm one of these people who doesn't say that objectivity is not within our reach. I think if you're a pro, and you're a reporter, you do it. Whether you agree with the guy or not is just quite incidental. It doesn't count at all, really.

Liz Trotta

PeopleThinkReachYouSayCount

I have viewed the West as if it were not only the salvation of China but also the natural and ultimate destination of all humanity.

Liu Xiaobo

DestinationHumanitySalvationChina

My sisters, we didn't like each other as kids. We were scared of each other, I think, but we've grown to love each other. It was fun to write about these sisters who were supposed to hate each other but really don't.

Dorothy Allison

LoveHateFunThinkWriteScared

Our nation's vital infrastructure - such as power grids and transportation hubs - becomes more vulnerable when individual devices get hacked. Criminals and terrorists who want to infiltrate systems and disrupt sensitive networks may start their attacks through access to just one person's smartphone.

Craig Federighi

PowerStartTransportationPerson

A lot of the guys that I date and my friends are all in bands.

Audrina Patridge

FriendsDateGuysBandsLot

Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them.

Allen Tate

PoetrySeriousReasonUsCannot

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