Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead
Margaret Meadwas an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College in New York City and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth16 December 1901
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
children past people
Somehow, we have to get older people back close to growing children if we are to restore a sense of community, acquire knowledge of the past, and provide a sense of the future.
baby soulmate struggle
And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.
integrity ocean communication
Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and yet brings people all over the world into one resonating accord, is devoted to the preservation of the harmony in nature and yet draws upon the triumphs of technology, the measurement of time, and instantaneous communication through space.
children animal welfare
One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.
children parent mentor
I was a child that both my parents wanted. I was told from the time I was born that I was totally satisfactory. I had a chance to be what I wanted to be.
dream fashion ambition
People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or without ambition; people live like that, but Americans live in white detached houses with green shutters. Rigidly, blindly, the dream takes precedence.
honesty acceptance evil
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
inspirational motivational food
It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.
funny trust children
The young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the questions that we would never think to ask, but enough trust must be re-established so that the elders will be permitted to work with them on the answers.
groups world underestimate
Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
women sisterhood want
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
inspirational change kindness
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
children insight recognizing
There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing...when we save our children, we save ourselves
feels love-someone knows
You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.