Margaret Mead Quotes

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

Margaret Mead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 16, 1901 - November 15, 1978

Topics

TimeWomanManEveryLiberate

Birds and animals probably think without knowing that they think; that is, they have not self-consciousness. Only man seems to be endowed with this faculty; he alone develops disinterested intelligence, intelligence that is not primarily concerned with his own safety and well-being but that looks abroad upon things.

John Burroughs

AloneIntelligenceManSafetyBirds

A song is fire. You react to it primally, instantly. You don't have to decide whether you like it, and you don't really have to sit down and think about it much after you're done listening to it. It really does run through you like wind.

John Darnielle

FireWindListeningSongThinkYou

We may need to change the way we think. As in Israel, I think there should be a mandatory draft, where you go away for the service of your country for three years.

Steven Tyler

ChangeServiceThinkYouCountryGo

Australia is one of my favorite places to play - it's a crazy experience.

Trombone Shorty

ExperienceCrazyPlayAustralia

As soon as someone like me or David Lynch pops up everyone says hallelujah, how weird.

Robyn Hitchcock

MeWeirdSomeoneEveryoneUpSoon

I live out in the country in Scotland and know that if I close my eyes, I can recognise every sound.

Rory McCann

LiveEyesI CanCountryKnowSound

The building blocks of discrimination tend to be similar wherever you find them.

Mary Beard

BuildingDiscriminationYouFind

I'm very, very grateful for all the support I've had. It's been an amazing journey.

Michelle Carter

JourneyGratefulSupportAmazingHad

My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7.

Joshua Lederberg

TimeClearlyVeryWereFixed

I was born in the Coolidge administration. Can you believe that? So I've seen a lot of politics.

Dick Van Dyke

PoliticsBelieveYouBornSeenLot

It has taken me so many years to finally be in my bed and fall asleep for six hours.

Clemantine Wamariya

MeFallBedYearsFinallyHours

My life's goal is to get rid of computers and invent everything that removes its necessity.

Pranav Mistry

LifeComputersGoalEverythingGet

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