I don't consider my marriages as failures! It's idiotic to assume that because a marriage ends, it's failed.
Margaret MeadDon't depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that's what makes the difference.
Margaret MeadEnvy of the male role can come as much from an undervaluation of the role of wife and mother as from an overvaluation of the public aspects of achievement that have been reserved for men.
Margaret MeadNever underestimate that a small group of people can hold up a liquor license. Sometimes, it's the only thing that can.
Margaret MeadIn contrast to our own social environment which brings out different aspects of human nature and often demonstrated that behavior which occurs almost invariably in individuals within our society is nevertheless due not to original nature but to social environment; and a homogeneous and simple development of the individual may be studied.
Margaret MeadThe young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the questions that we would never think to ask, but enough trust must be re-established so that the elders will be permitted to work with them on the answers.
Margaret Mead