Margaret Mead Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.”

“Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.”

“I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.”

“One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.”

“What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.”

“Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.”

“It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.”

“The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.”

“I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.”

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