One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.

Quote by Margaret Mead

Topics: Margaret Mead Quotes

For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is...

For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is...

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow...

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow...

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...

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.

We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have...

We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have...

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...

Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.

Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.

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...

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

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

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

What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different...

What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different...

We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no...

We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no...

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...

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the...

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the...

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it...

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it...

Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.

Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.

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 must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual...

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual...

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop...

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop...

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.