But such an affection for what doesn't fit and won't comport, reality out of place... Clifford Geertz More Quotes by Clifford Geertz More Quotes From Clifford Geertz I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it Clifford Geertz paragraphsentencessatisfied Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars Clifford Geertz anthropologyfemalefeminist I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity Clifford Geertz diversitymovingthinking I was trained in the '50s as a New Critic. I remember what literature was like before the New Critics, when people stood up and talked about Shelley's soul and such things Clifford Geertz soulliteraturepeople I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now Clifford Geertz consciousnesspeoplethinking It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written in anthropology and how it's written now. There's been an enormous shift in how it's done, but yet you can't put your finger on someone who actually did it Clifford Geertz amusingdonelooks If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology Clifford Geertz fitarguingfacts I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world Clifford Geertz american-universitiesworldthinking People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous. Clifford Geertz differentaskingpeople The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable. Clifford Geertz horsebrothermother I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view from nowhere. Clifford Geertz moonviewsbook We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard. Clifford Geertz thinknatureknowledgefall
