Edward Burnett Tylor Quotes

Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.

Edward Burnett Tylor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 2, 1832 - January 2, 1917

Topics

SnowEarthMilesImagineValleyTen

The problem with fame is that you get frozen in one frame and nothing you can do can alter the nature.

Jerry Rubin

NatureProblemYouFameNothingGet

The second is there are some communities that we thought originally would take mobile homes that have decided they don't want them. And we're not going to cram mobile homes down the throats of communities in Louisiana and the Gulf - and other parts of the Gulf Coast.

Michael Chertoff

ThoughtDownWantTakeGoingMobile

For 15 years I did two to three movies a year, sometimes four. I didn't get to spend time building my personal life.

Steve Guttenberg

LifeTimeBuildingYearSometimes

I used to think that nails-down-a-chalkboard was the worst sound in the world. Then I moved on to people-eating-cereal-on-the-phone. But only this week did I stumble across the rightful winner: it's the sound of a baggage carousel coming to a grinding halt, having reunited every passenger on your flight with their luggage, except for you.

Sloane Crosley

WorldThinkWinnerWeekYouFlight

Those who have the most, who earn the most, must give an example, because that is important for Spain's collective effort.

Luis de Guindos

EffortImportantEarnCollective

I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.

Luke Bryan

ThinkLookBackAwardsWatchingKid

A lot of cultures believe you take the placenta and you bury it and plant something.

Brooke Burke

BelievePlantYouCulturesSomething

Colonialism bred an innate arrogance, but when you undertake that sort of imperial adventure, that arrogance gives way to a feeling of accommodativeness. You take pride in your openness.

Wole Soyinka

AdventurePrideArroganceYouWay

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

William Makepeace Thackeray

LifeManSucceedWorldRememberYou

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.

Portia de Rossi

CouragePeopleMeThinkingGayKnow

Bin Laden's death is just a punctuation point on a set of problems they've had for a long time. I think the prognosis for al-Qaida and groups like it is really bad, and that's a good thing.

Peter Bergen

GoodTimeDeathProblemsThinkBad

I have to choose songs that represent my personality.

Peabo Bryson

PersonalityChooseRepresentSongs

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