Margaret Mead

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.

Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.

We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.