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People Quotes by Margaret Mead
- People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or without ambition; people live like…
- The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather.
- We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources…
- In this country, some people start being miserable about growing old while they are still young.
- Pigs and cows and chickens and people are all competing for grain.
- Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some…
- Ninety-nine percent of the time humans have lived on this planet we've lived in tribes, groups of 12 to 36 people. Only during times of…
- In the modern world we have invented ways of speeding up invention, and people's lives change so fast that a person is born into one…
- Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and…
- 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…
- A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
- Somehow, we have to get older people back close to growing children if we are to restore a sense of community, acquire knowledge of the…
- The capacity for friendship usually goes with highly developed civilizations. The ability to cultivate people differs by culture and class; but on the whole, educated…
- Love is the invention of a few high cultures ... it is cultural artifact. To make love the requirement of a lifelong marriage is exceedingly…
- Each home has been reduced to the bare essentials -- to barer essentials than most primitive people would consider possible. Only one woman's hands to…
- Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to make our children…
- Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
- I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
- 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.
- Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone.
- If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely…
- I used to say to my classes that the ways to get insight are: to study infants; to study animals; to study primitive people; to…
- ...recognize and respect Earth's beautiful systems of balance, between the presence of animals on land, the fish in the sea, birds in the air, mankind,…
- A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle