Quotes by Margaret Mead

About Margaret Mead:

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

Margaret Mead

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

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

Margaret Mead

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

Margaret Mead

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

Margaret Mead

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

Margaret Mead

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

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

Margaret Mead

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

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

Margaret Mead

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

Margaret Mead

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

Margaret Mead

Author Bio

  • NameMargaret Mead
  • DescriptionAmerican anthropologist
  • BornDecember 16, 1901
  • DiedNovember 15, 1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionCurator; Anthropologist
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom; Kalinga Prize; William Procter Prize For Scientific Achievement; National Women's Hall Of Fame