A collection of quotes by Margaret Mead on change, activism, life, philosophy, sex, inspiration, children, education, mentoring, lonely, need and human.
Margaret Mead was a well-acclaimed American anthropologist known for her significant works on cultural anthropology. She is believed to be influenced by her grandmother to be interested in observing human activities from a very early age. After completing her master’s from the University of Columbia she went on to study adolescent girls and recorded her observations in ‘Coming of Age in Samoa’. Her next expedition was to New Guinea where she studied the thought process of young children and penned-down her experiences in ‘Growing Up in New Guinea’. She further wrote a couple of works which aimed at cultural conditioning. She even served as a lecturer in some of the renowned universities like the University of Columbia. Her most notable works as an anthropologist were her studies of illiterate people and she was known for her views on various social issues including women’s rights and sexual morality. She was honored with various awards including the ‘Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science’ by the UNESCO. We bring to you a compilation of thoughts and quotations by the renowned anthropologist. We have curated Margaret Mead's quotes and sayings from her work, books, writings, speeches, life and thoughts. Presenting the quotations and sayings by Margaret Mead in her words on companionship, loathsome, stereotypes, delightful, women, morals, anthropology and religion.
Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.
Margaret Mead
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
Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need.
Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.
Margaret Mead
Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone.
Margaret Mead
It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
Margaret Mead
If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely worked out systems or traditional blueprints from the past.
Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. ~Margaret Mead
Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.
Margaret Mead
Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run.
Margaret Mead
There is no reason to think a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens cannot change the world; Indeed, that's the only thing that ever has.
Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible.
Margaret Mead
The notion that we are products of our environment is our greatest sin; we are products of our choices."
Margaret Mead
(this may not be her exact wording, but it's close enough).
Margaret Mead
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.
