human beings seem to hold on more tenaciously to a cultural identity that is learned through suffering than to one that has been acquired through ple….

Photographs [are] of course heavily dependent upon the culture, the disciplinary point of view and the idiosyncratic vision of the particular photogr….

Margaret Mead was both a student of civilization and an exemplar of it. To a public of millions, she brought the central insight of cultural anthropo….

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

Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly..

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

Just as the difference in height between males is no longer a realistic issue, now that lawsuits have been substituted for hand-to-hand encounters, s….

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being..

[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men..

Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the ….

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think..

Female animals defending their young are notoriously ferocious and lack the playful delight in combat which characterizes the mock combats of males o….

Any town that doesn't have sidewalks doesn't love its children..

In our contemporary world, no one can think or work with a single picture of what a family is. No one can fit all human behavior, all thought and fee….

Anthropology... has always been highly dependent upon photography... As the use of still photography - and moving pictures - has become increasingly ….

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 determi….

Somehow, we have to get older people back close to growing children if we are to restore a sense of community, acquire knowledge of the past, and pro….

Interest and proficiency in almost any one activity-swimming, boating, fishing, skiing, skating-breed interest in many more. Once someone discovers t….

No country that permits firearms to be widely and randomly distributed among its population - especially firearms that are capable of wounding and ki….

I was a child that both my parents wanted. I was told from the time I was born that I was totally satisfactory. I had a chance to be what I wanted to….

No society has ever yet been able to handle the temptations of technology to mastery, to waste, to exuberance, to exploration and exploitation... We ….