Michael Brian Schiffer Famous Quotes
Anthropology is the only discipline that can access evidence about the entire human experience on this planet.
Michael Brian Schiffer Quotations
"I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them."
Jane Austen
Why do we love the sea It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.
Robert Henri
"Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not easy."
Aristotle
A friend is somebody you want to be around when you feel like being by yourself.
Barbara Burrow
"When you have shot and killed a man you have in some measure clarified your attitude toward him. You have given a definite answer to a definite problem. For better or worse you have acted decisively. In a way, the next move is up to him."
R A Lafferty
The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
Ayn Rand
Hell is other people.
JeanPaul Sartre
Rigid justice is the greatest injustice.
Thomas Fuller
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts."
Abraham Lincoln
Theology is never any help it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
Robert A Heinlein