"Only the human mind invents categories and tries……" — Alfred Kinsey
"Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into separated pigeonholes."
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Alfred Kinsey
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15 Quotes by Alfred Kinsey
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Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheeps and…
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If biologists so often forget the most universal of all biologic principles [variation], it is not surprising that men and…
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It is amazing to observe how many psychologists and psychiatrists have accepted this sort of propaganda, and have come to…
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If all persons with any trace of homosexual history, or those who were predominantly homosexual, were eliminated from the population…
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The very general occurrence of the homosexual in ancient Greece, and its wide occurrence today in some cultures in which…
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Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheeps and…
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The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature,…
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Few males achieve any real freedom in their sexual relations even with their wives. Few males realise how badly inhibited…
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Cheese crumbs spread before a pair of copulating rats will distract the female but not the male.
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The heterosexuality or homosexuality of many individuals is not an all-or-none proposition.
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The range of variation in the female far exceeds the range of variation in the male.
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There is a tendency to consider anything in human behavior that is unusual, not well known, or not well understood,…
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More Categories Quotes
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Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those…
— Russell Baker
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In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real…
— James Belushi
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I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.
— Jeff Bezos
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Intelligence is a moral category.
— Theodor Adorno
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Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.
— Theodor Adorno
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I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in…
— Rita Mae Brown
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And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can…
— Dave Brubeck
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I'm very much into making lists and breaking things apart into categories.
— David Byrne
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I'm listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I have…
— Steve Carell
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I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that…
— John Carpenter
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People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us…
— Jonathan Carroll
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
— Noam Chomsky
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