Margaret Mead Quotes

United States, Anthropologist
December 16, 1901 – November, 15, 1978.

Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College in New York City and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University.

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

Margaret Mead
- Up
- Song
- Energy
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Margaret Mead
- Work
- Value

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

Margaret Mead
- People
- Life
I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

Margaret Mead
- Up
- World
- Believe