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11 quotes by Mary Catherine Bateson

Mary Catherine Bateson At a conference about Climate Disruption in 2004 Born (1939-12-08) December 8, 1939 (age 75) New York, New York Education Brearley School (1957) Radcliffe College, B.A. (1960) Harvard University, Ph.D. (1963) Occupation Cultural anthropologist Spouse(s) J. Barkev Kassarjian Mary Catherine Bateson (born December 8, 1939) is an American writer and cultural anthropologist. A graduate of the Brearley School, Bateson is...
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Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

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The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.

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Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.

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Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.

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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not.

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

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There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.

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The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

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The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

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Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live.

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Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

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