I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it.

Quote by Clifford Geertz

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I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research....

I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research....

Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done...

Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done...

I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain.

I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain.

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

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

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

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

Two people have been really liberating in my mind; one is Wittgenstein and the other...

Two people have been really liberating in my mind; one is Wittgenstein and the other...

Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should.

Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should.

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a...

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a...

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

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

We're getting closer to our nature.

We're getting closer to our nature.

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological...

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological...

The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of...

The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of...

I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view...

I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view...

I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so...

I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so...

The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what...

The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what...

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto...

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto...

I'm writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and it's about social...

I'm writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and it's about social...

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try...

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try...

I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the...

I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the...

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's...

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's...