Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump; you have to get it right the first time.

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over.

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women