“Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.”
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Famous Margaret Mead Quotes
“If sports are the toy department of life, then the NFL is the FAO Schwartz of sports.”
Source: The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.”
“I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.”
“What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.”
Source: Margaret Mead, some personal views
“I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.”
“Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.”
“Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.”
Source: Margaret Mead, some personal views
Source: Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world
“Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.”
Source: And Keep Your Powder Dry: An Anthropologist Looks at America
“Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.”
“Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.”
Source: PEOPLE AND PLACES
“The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over.”
“Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.”
Source: Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world
Source: Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world
Source: Culture and Commitment
Source: Blkberry Winter
“I learned to observe the world around me, and to note what I saw”
Source: Blkberry Winter
“You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.”
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
Source: Coming of Age in Samoa