Margaret Mead Quotes

American - Scientist December 16, 1901 - November 15, 1978

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. - Margaret Mead

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

Funny, Unique, You, Remember, Everyone

I learned the value of hard work by working hard. - Margaret Mead

I learned the value of hard work by working hard. Margaret Mead

Work, Hard Work, Learning, Value, Hard

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment. - Margaret Mead

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment. Margaret Mead

Environmental, Society, Environment

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

Change, Change The World, Environmental

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have. - Margaret Mead

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have. Margaret Mead

Change, Caring, Change The World, People

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. Margaret Mead

Family, Relationship, Sister, Within

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

Change, Change The World, People, Small

What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things. - Margaret Mead

What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things. Margaret Mead

People, They Say, Say, Different, Things

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess. Margaret Mead

Science, Look, Wonder, Listen, Able

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had. - Margaret Mead

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

Wise, People, Grow, Enough, Never, Up

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We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have. - Margaret Mead

We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have. Margaret Mead

Go, Nowhere, Else

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. Margaret Mead

Love, Prayer, Dance, Energy, Song, Burn

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. Margaret Mead

Life, Time, You, Jump, Right, First Time

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. Margaret Mead

Fear, Behavior, Punishment, Question

I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. Margaret Mead

Women, Believe, Fierce, Because, Combat

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents. - Margaret Mead

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents. Margaret Mead

Accidents, Social, Biological, Fathers

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

Good, Evil, Accept, Never, May, Must

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. Margaret Mead

Time, Man, Woman, Every, Liberate

Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. Margaret Mead

Women, Men, Want, Possible, Working

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. Margaret Mead

Family, Live, Support, Impossible, Way

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women. Margaret Mead

Women, Simple, Children, Educated, Many

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive. Margaret Mead

Nature, Human Nature, Human, Aggressive

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. Margaret Mead

Culture, Gift, Rich, Values, Place, Find

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited. Margaret Mead

Together, Humanity, Never, Patterns, Our

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful. Margaret Mead

Opportunity, Age, Children, Religion

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

Today, Children, Tomorrow, Grow, Measure

Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: December 16, 1901

Died: November 15, 1978

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