(18 quotes found)
“Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.”
Randy Newman
“It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere.”
Albert Einstein
“I started out doing social anthropology, not dealing with material culture, not dealing with things.”
Marion Oettinger
“We knew that in anthropology the question of ethics is a really big deal. She was very careful. It was only when she started thinking about publication that in order to protect the students she needed (a pseudonym).”
Frances Benson
“The remarkable thing about man is not that he is an ‘upright’ ape, but that he ‘stands’ for some things and not for others.”
Mark Amend
“I once had aspirations to be an anthropologist, and I know from anthropology that people will not accept difficult political instructions or governmental decisions from somebody who is totally divorced from them. If it doesn't speak the same language, it's no good.”
David Attenborough
“The message is that all things are connected. We have animal aspects, anthropological aspects, plant-animal aspects.”
John Dee
“The reason we stood up is the million-dollar question in anthropology.”
Dan Gebo
