一个民族的文化是一组文本的集合，而这些文本本身也是集合，人类学家努力从这些文本的真正拥有者的肩膀上方去阅读它们。

过去不在我们身后，而在我们之内。

I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'

海，海，海。它翻滚着，翻滚着，呼唤着我。进来吧，它说，进来吧。

The world is full of people who have dreams and the world is full of people who have ideas, but the world is also full of people who never do anything about them.

我相信讲故事的力量。正是通过故事，我们彼此联系并理解人类的经历。