Attitude Quote by Clifford Geertz

“Recall Clifford Geertz definition of culture: "an historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms…

— Wendy Griswold

“The more I read, the more I felt my understanding of the universe slip away from me. Columbine symbolized both 'desertion' and 'folly'; poppy,…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“Myths remind us of the symbolic presence within all the lost-and-found adventures that alone can give life meaning. Losing touch with the world of…

— Michael Meade

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

— George Eliot

“ Alpha can refer to the first of something," said Kai, "or the beginning of everything . It can be attributed to a particularly…

— Marissa Meyer

“A woman's situation, i.e those meanings derived from the total context in which she comes to maturity, disposes her to apprehend her body not…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“But the greatest cause of verbicide is the fact that most people are obviously far more anxious to express their approval and disapproval of…

— C.S. Lewis

“From my book, Care for the Carer, An Alzheimer's Memoir "Is there a cure?" Jane asked repeatedly. This simple sentence had several possible meanings:…

— Jeff Camhi

“Words in the head are sticky and social creatures – when you finally pull one out, you're liable to get lots of bits of…

— Greg Carlson

It's meanings that we need to coax into our lives.

— Terence McKenna

I'm a product of a military dictatorship. Under a dictatorship, you cannot trust information or dispense it freely because of censorship. So Brazilians become…

— Vik Muniz

I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as a result…

— Jonathan Miller