It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.

Quote by Margaret Mead

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we...

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we...

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with...

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible.

Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with...

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with...

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance...

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment

We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.

We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label...

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label...