Margaret Mead Quotes about Lying

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Humanity . . . lies in man's capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.

Humanity . . . lies in man's capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown.

Margaret Mead

Lying, Men, Humanity

Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.250, Berghahn Books

Blackberry winter, the time when the hoarforst lies on the blackberry blossoms; without this frost the berries will not set. It is the forerunner of a rich harvest.

Margaret Mead

Spring, Lying, Winter

Margaret Mead (1972). “Blkberry Winter”

There are unidentified flying objects. That is, there are a hard core of cases-perhaps 20 to 30 percent in different studies-for which there is no explanation. We can only imagine what purpose lies behind the activities of these quiet, harmlessly cruising objects that time and again approach the Earth. The most likely explanation, it seems to me, is that they are simply watching what we are up to

Margaret Mead

Lying, Purpose, Earth

If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.

Margaret Mead

Lying, Men, Air