It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
MARGARET MEADIt is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
MARGARET MEADI was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
MARGARET MEADIt used to be when we said, ”til death do us part,’ death parted us pretty soon. That’s why marriages used to last forever. Everybody was dead.
MARGARET MEADYou just have to learn not to care about the dusty mites under the beds.
MARGARET MEADGrandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.
MARGARET MEADWhat people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
MARGARET MEADMotherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
MARGARET MEADWomen have an important contribution to make.
MARGARET MEADEvery time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
MARGARET MEADHumanity lies in man’s capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.
MARGARET MEADWe are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world together.
MARGARET MEADIf one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one’s subject matter.
MARGARET MEAD[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men.
MARGARET MEADLife in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
MARGARET MEADI have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don’t agree with or like.
MARGARET MEADThe people of one nation alone cannot save their own children; each holds the responsibility for the others’ children.
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