Best Anthropology Sayings

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The magnificent title of the Functional School of Anthropology has been bestowed on myself, in a way on myself, and to a large extent out… — Bronislaw Malinowski
[W.H.R.] Rivers is the Rider Haggard of anthropology; I shall be the Conrad. — Bronislaw Malinowski
In the Anthropology Club, as I understood it, you were permitted, if not required, to despise only one thing, and that was your own culture,… — Charles Portis
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology. — James G. Frazer
The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in times with which History refuses to deal,… — H. P. Blavatsky
Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology. — Micky Dolenz
Every historian has informally an anthropology, without ever using the word. — Peter Gay
When the first fossils began to be found in eastern Africa, in the late 1950s, I thought, what a wonderful marriage this was, biology and… — Donald Johanson
I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored… — Darren Aronofsky
For me, a bit of anthropology in the evening is always better than staying and watching the telly. — Nick Rhodes
Archaeology is the only branch of Anthropology where we kill our informants in the process of studying them. — Kent V. Flannery
People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous. — Clifford Geertz
I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it. — Clifford Geertz
Before I became a film major, I was very heavily into social science, I had done a lot of sociology, anthropology, and I was playing… — George Lucas
Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to… — Margaret Mead
If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get… — Kathy Reichs
I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class. — Tim Robbins
I like the ritual, the liturgy of a well-crafted, emotional fashion show. I will never be jaded with this side of fashion. The catwalk is… — Hedi Slimane
Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is. — Clifford Geertz
I used to say to my classes that the ways to get insight are: to study infants; to study animals; to study primitive people; to… — Margaret Mead
See how exciting Anthropology is? He’s a leading expert in ancient Greece. Now you should all change your majors so that you can ogle men… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I chose cultural anthropology, since it offered the greatest opportunity to write high-minded balderdash. — Kurt Vonnegut
The last time I saw a brow that low I was watching slides in anthropology class — Jennifer Crusie
Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the… — Kathy Reichs
You have a lot to learn, young man. Philosophy. Theology. Literature. Poetry. Drama. History. Archeology. Anthropology. Mythology. Music. These are your tools as much as… — John Logan

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