"In this country, some people start being miserable……" — Margaret Mead

"In this country, some people start being miserable about growing old while they are still young."

— Margaret Mead

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162 Quotes by Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead has 162 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

American society is very like a fish society. . . . Among certain species of fish, the only thing which…
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.
We end up with the contradictory picture of a society that appears to throw its doors wide open to women,…
People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or…
The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and…
We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of…
EARTH DAY uses one of humanity's great discoveries, the discovery of anniversaries by which, throughout time, human beings have kept…
To the extent a person makes, invents or thinks something that is new to him, he may be said to…
It was not until we saw the picture of the earth, from the moon, that we realized how small and…
The negative cautions of science are never popular.
You just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
From a hundred cultures, [there is] one culture which does what no culture has ever done before-gives a place to…

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More Aging Quotes

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Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

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