Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Riesman

It is not new for the older generation to bewail the indolence of the young, and there is a tendency for the latter to maintain much of the older ethic screened by a new semantics and an altered ideology.

Audrey Hepburn

Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit.

Edward Kennedy

[W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words.

Benjamin Franklin

The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it.

Dean Koontz

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

Cobi Jones

You want to teach the next generation so they can learn a little bit faster and a little bit more so everything becomes that much better.

Elia Kazan

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

B. C. Forbes

Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.

Avi Rubin

As new generations [of computers] come out, usually there are increased complexity and features, [that lead to] increased security problems. Plus, other industries have shown that every new generation has its own set of security problems.

Conrad Black

There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.

There are generous people in this community. We have a pretty tight application process, we want to know where our money's going.

We have zeroed in on a number. In general terms, we're talking about $25 million.

We've seen responses that these genetic problems are being eliminated.

Liz Ellis

The real beneficiaries will be the next generation of netballers and other professional sportswomen.

Brian Schweitzer

The generosity of Montanans is inspiring.

Brian Aldiss

Let's have a toast-to the future generation of consumers, however many heads or assholes they have!

Kristen Schaal

Animals in general have sparked a weird depression in me, because as much as I tried, I couldn't layer a personality over them. You know what I mean? I would stare at the cows, and I would sing to the cows, and they would always just look at me blankly.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.

Tori Kelly

When I'm on stage, I generally wear what I would wear every other day, but I think my hair is probably bigger on stage - it seems to be my accessory!

William Shakespeare

To be generous, guiltless, and of a free disposition is to take those things for bird-bolts that you deem cannon-bullets.

Leander Paes

If I have a reason to do something, and I have enough passion, I generally succeed.

Charles Spurgeon

Giving is true loving.

Alan Bleasdale

It's easy to be generous with money. Far harder to be generous with your time.

Dave Chappelle

My generation is under-entertained.

David Guterson

I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.

David Rakoff

Central to living a life that is good, is a life that's forgiving.

Cesare Pavese

The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.

Chita Rivera

You know I've got a generator that's still popping.

Cheryl Richardson

Ask for help. Receiving is an act of generosity.

Charles Baudelaire

The immense profundity of thought in vulgar locutions, like holes dug by generations of ants.

Charlie Kaufman

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

Bob Barr

The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word No.