The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. – Ruth Benedict
I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. – Ruth Benedict
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. – Ruth Benedict
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. – Ruth Benedict
I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if were completely living in it. – Tom Hooper