Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.
Quote by Margaret Mead
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Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.
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Margaret Mead Quotes
- Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
- It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
- Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.
- It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
- Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
- Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
- I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
- I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
- Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
- Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.
Best Quotes
- Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
- We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.
- I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
- I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
- Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.
- Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
- I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
- Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.
- The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music.
- Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.