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New Quotes by Margaret Mead
- American society is very like a fish society. . . . Among certain species of fish, the only thing which determines order of dominance is…
- To the extent a person makes, invents or thinks something that is new to him, he may be said to have performed a creative act.
- The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a keen mind or…
- What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.
- Many people are shrinking from the future and from participation in the movement toward a new, expanded reality. And, like homesick travelers abroad, they are…
- We — mankind — stand at the center of an evolutionary crisis, with a new evolutionary device — our consciousness of the crisis — as…
- The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put by civilization on males and females alike must be resolved,…
- A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the…
- Children not only have to learn what their parents learned in school, but also have to learn how to learn. This has to be recognized…
- A society which is clamoring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each urging its own brand of salvation, its own variety of…
More New Quotes
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship. — Julian Assange
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- Research is creating new knowledge. — Neil Armstrong
- I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. — Neil Armstrong
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- The most extraordinary thing about trying to piece together the missing links in the evolutionary story is that when you do find… — David Attenborough
- I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when… — Margaret Atwood
- Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart. — Kevyn Aucoin