The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The way in which each human infant is transformed into the finished adult, into the complicated individual version of his city and… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
A city must be a place where groups of women and men are seeking and developing the highest things they know. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
When I stand on a street in a Canadian city and look across the street, it couldn't be anywhere but Canada, but… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as - carried too far - one of its weaknesses. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Of all the peoples whom I have studied, from city dwellers to cliff dwellers, I always find that at least 50 percent… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
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… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Women are scolded both for being mothers and for not being mothers, for wanting to eat their cake and have it too, and for… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Through a grandmother's voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
today's children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Humanity . . . lies in man's capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image