353 Quotes by Margaret Mead

Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly...

I learned to observe the world around me, and to note what I saw.

EARTH DAY reminds the people of the world of the need for continuing care which is vital to Earth’s safety.

If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one’s subject matter.

It has been a woman’s task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope.

The older child who has lost or broken some valuable thing will be found when his parents return, not run away, not willing to confess, but in a deep sleep The thief whose case is being tried falls asleep.

Any town that doesn’t have sidewalks doesn’t love its children.

Man’s most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what others have developed and taught him.

Never underestimate that a small group of people can hold up a liquor license. Sometimes, it’s the only thing that can.