Quotes about generations
generations stills popping
You know I've got a generator that's still popping. Chita Rivera
generations my-generation
My generation is under-entertained. Dave Chappelle
generations theme endure
I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation. David Guterson
generations next problem
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. Cesare Pavese
generations ethics tendencies
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. David Riesman
generations fine
[W]ords are fine, but it has to be what a generation reads into those words. Edward Kennedy
generations ants holes
The immense profundity of thought in vulgar locutions, like holes dug by generations of ants. Charles Baudelaire
generations hearing damage
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. Bob Barr
generations machines rage
The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed to question authority, not question those who question authority. Bill Maher
generations social program
Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations. Diane Watson
generations straws
Every generation of converts threshes over the same old straw. Susan B. Anthony
generations consumers future-generation
Let's have a toast-to the future generation of consumers, however many heads or assholes they have! Brian Aldiss
generations lost-hope generation-x
I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope. Alanis Morissette
generations vomiting detectives
Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along. Dean Koontz
generations want littles
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. Cobi Jones
generations waste this-generation
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. Arthur Hays Sulzberger
generations computer problem
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. Avi Rubin
generations ifs wounds
What cannot be talked about cannot be put to rest. And if it is not, the wounds will fester from generation to generation. Bruno Bettelheim
generations young involved
A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music. Archie Shepp
generations agendas next
Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served by seeking, quite literally, a tooth for a tooth? Ayelet Waldman
generations development introducing
Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development. Alexander Herzen
generations earth absurd
A power to dispose of estates for ever is manifestly absurd. The earth and the fulness of it belongs to every generation, and the preceding one can have no right to bind it up from posterity. Such extension of property is quite unnatural. Adam Smith
generations aggravating younger-generation
The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it. Albert Einstein
generations individual products
In science, moreover, the work of the individual is so bound up with that of his scientific predecessors and contemporaries that it appears almost as an impersonal product of his generation.
generations next influence
Education is only the most fully conscious of the channels whereby each generation influences the next. C. S. Lewis
generations vietnam
I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve. Al Franken
generations done ruins
We can't negotiate the facts. We can't negotiate the truth about the situation. And for those who are too fearful to finish, it can be done and must be done. Make sure we succeed, . . . It is wrong for this generation to destroy the habitability of our planet and ruin the prospects of every future generation. Al Gore
generations midlife crisis
My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s. Edward Norton
generations literature rage
In literary history, generation follows generation in a rage. Annie Dillard
generations heroic chickens
There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure generation. There is no one here but us chickens, and so it has always been.
generations proof lunacy
Older generations are living proof that younger generations can survive their lunacy. Cullen Hightower
generations literature found
For she was of that generation who, having found nothing in religion, had formed themselves through literature. Doris Lessing
generations remember 1960s
How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I don't even remember any of it? Douglas Coupland