Quotes by Mary Catherine Bateson

There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.

#Mary Catherine Bateson

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look...

#Mary Catherine Bateson

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

#Mary Catherine Bateson

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

#Mary Catherine Bateson

Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be...

#Mary Catherine Bateson

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover...

#Mary Catherine Bateson

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.

#Mary Catherine Bateson

Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live.

#Mary Catherine Bateson

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

#Mary Catherine Bateson

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

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