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.

[Culture] denotes an historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms, by means of which men communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life.

If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code

I have a social philosophy; you have political opinions; he has an ideology.

I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist

I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity

I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now