Edward Sapir Quotes

Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science.

Edward Sapir

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 26, 1884 - February 4, 1939

Topics

ScienceMoreRealizeHistorical

President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.

Anna Deavere Smith

InspirationalTodayArtWallsBrave

The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character.

Tom Selleck

CharacterLandLikeCentralReally

Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.

Ritchie Blackmore

LearningControlElephantPlayBig

I don't really collect guitars like some musicians do.

Tom Curren

MusiciansLikeSomeReallyCollect

I came out of the Soviet Union no longer a communist, because I believed in personal freedom.

Rose Wilder Lane

FreedomPersonalOutCommunistUnion

Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

PeopleFightingAmericaMovement

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.

Mitch Albom

KindnessGenerosityToughDeepPlace

A young imagination is bold, likes to make bigger leaps. It likes to, well, imagine that the dustbuster is a dinosaur; that the computer mouse is a hotrod; that the box is a cave; that the rawhide is a torch... or a baton... or something.

Mo Rocca

ImaginationBoldYoungCaveDinosaur

A typical day for me on tour is a marathon - it's like five days rolled into one.

Dierks Bentley

DayMeMarathonDaysFiveTour

We have so much pride in welcoming these passengers onto the plane, and they have so much pride in travel. It's something that I definitely always remember, when I'm playing a scene on the plane, just to imbue everything with that sense of excitement.

Christina Ricci

TravelPrideRememberExcitement

I earned my Ph.D. in philosophy, and one of my specializations was the logic and mathematics of game theory. I've also got a degree in drama, so I know about stories, characterizations, plot arcs, and the like. Lots of game designers can do one or the other: I've got the skills for both.

Brendan Myers

MathematicsGameLogicPhilosophy

I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari.

Bryan Ferry

GoodStarsGreatMoneyFootball

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