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title: "8 Generation Family Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Generation Family quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Generation Family sayings and thoughts."
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> [My older sister, Amy Jo, and I - we are the first generation of my family to stay on at school and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/my-older-sister-amy-jo-and-i-we-are-the-first-generation-of-my-family/)

[Pete Doherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-doherty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/pete-doherty-3984_exams_my-older-sister-amy-jo-and-i-we-are-the_221205.jpg)

> [“In my South, the most treasured things passed down from generation to generation are the family recipes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-st-john/in-my-south-the-most-treasured-things-passed-down-from-generation-to/)

[Robert St. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-st-john/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/robert-st-john-273725_family_in-my-south-the-most-treasured-things-pa_480564.jpg)

> [I never had to grow up. Everybody did everything for me. I was the first generation in my family to have money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-chapman/i-never-had-to-grow-up-everybody-did-everything-for-me-i-was-the/)

[Rex Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-chapman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/rex-chapman-22222_family_i-never-had-to-grow-up-everybody-did-eve_745860.jpg)

> [There's been a ham in every generation of our family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-oxenberg/there-s-been-a-ham-in-every-generation-of-our-family/)

[Catherine Oxenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-oxenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/catherine-oxenberg-19122_been_there-s-been-a-ham-in-every-generation-o_747999.jpg)

> [One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nik-wallenda/one-thing-that-was-passed-on-from-generation-to-generation-in-my/)

[Nik Wallenda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nik-wallenda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/nik-wallenda-16961_family_one-thing-that-was-passed-on-from-genera_1005266.png)

> [I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-savage/i-m-actually-the-fourth-generation-in-my-family-to-have-no-practical/)

[Adam Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-savage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/adam-savage-4716_children_i-m-actually-the-fourth-generation-in-my_1730618.jpg)

> [In one generation, my family went from extermination simply because of how they pray to God to this ridiculously privileged life I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-springer/in-one-generation-my-family-went-from-extermination-simply-because-of/)

[Jerry Springer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-springer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/jerry-springer-11004_america_in-one-generation-my-family-went-from-ex_2070298.jpg)

> [I'm the most successful person in my generation of family members, and that sucks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-m-the-most-successful-person-in-my-generation-of-family-members-and/)

[Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/ice-cube-912_family_i-m-the-most-successful-person-in-my-gen_2080449.jpg)

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