--- title: "31 Parents Generation Quotes by 31 authors" description: "Browse 31 Parents Generation quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Parents Generation sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/ian-schrager-41209_generation_the-trimmings-of-wealth-are-not-as-impor_211913.png" --- > [The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-schrager/the-trimmings-of-wealth-are-not-as-important-to-me-and-my-generation/) [Ian Schrager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-schrager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/ian-schrager-41209_generation_the-trimmings-of-wealth-are-not-as-impor_211913.png) > [Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-hill-collins/women-gain-social-influence-through-their-roles-as-mothers/) [Patricia Hill Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-hill-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c85/patricia-hill-collins-25323_culture_women-gain-social-influence-through-thei_1922422.jpg) > [My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arabella-weir/my-parents-generation-s-benchmark-was-simple-fat-equals-bad/) [Arabella Weir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arabella-weir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/arabella-weir-14186_bad_my-parents-generation-s-benchmark-was-si_2828705.png) > [I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! what a great way to be, to live with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/i-do-tend-to-look-back-to-my-parents-generation-and-think-wow-what-a/) [Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/tony-parsons-10532_families_i-do-tend-to-look-back-to-my-parents-gen_1321283.png) > [My generation will actually be the first generation that is tamer than the one that came before it, and it will probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shia-labeouf/my-generation-will-actually-be-the-first-generation-that-is-tamer/) [Shia LaBeouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shia-labeouf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/shia-labeouf-1794_culture_my-generation-will-actually-be-the-first_708921.jpg) > [My parents' generation didn't have any understanding of psychology or emotion or individual temperament. In fact, they were slightly embarrassed by all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/my-parents-generation-didn-t-have-any-understanding-of-psychology-or/) [Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1c/sebastian-faulks-2661_any_my-parents-generation-didn-t-have-any-un_833711.png) > [My parents were first-generation immigrants. My mum wore a sari but at school and as a teenager and in my 20s I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/konnie-huq/my-parents-were-first-generation-immigrants-my-mum-wore-a-sari-but-at/) [Konnie Huq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/konnie-huq/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/konnie-huq-4219_immigrants_my-parents-were-first-generation-immigra_2378790.jpg) > [If the parents in each generation always or often knew what really goes on at their sons' schools, the history of education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-the-parents-in-each-generation-always-or-often-knew-what-really/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/c-s-lewis-2-132_different_if-the-parents-in-each-generation-always_781331.png) > [My mom and my dad are still together, but so many of my friends who got married just a few years ago…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodrigo-santoro/my-mom-and-my-dad-are-still-together-but-so-many-of-my-friends-who/) [Rodrigo Santoro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodrigo-santoro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/rodrigo-santoro-34158_compare_my-mom-and-my-dad-are-still-together-but_1036873.jpg) > [“Like all their peers they went about things in the reverse order to the practice of their parents generation. They had sex,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-gale/like-all-their-peers-they-went-about-things-in-the-reverse-order-to/) [Patrick Gale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-gale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/patrick-gale-61954_love_like-all-their-peers-they-went-about-thi_1071543.jpg) > [They say that we are better educated than our parents' generation. What they mean is that we go to school longer. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-yates/they-say-that-we-are-better-educated-than-our-parents-generation-what/) [Douglas Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-yates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/douglas-yates-79262_educate_they-say-that-we-are-better-educated-tha_1073757.png) > ['Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/our-parents-generation-had-it-a-lot-tougher-than-we-did-they-had-to/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cf/billy-joel-1000_amount_our-parents-generation-had-it-a-lot-toug_2473412.png) > [My parents' generation was definitely pre-telly, and they knew how to entertain each other. Everybody knew something that they could do -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-duncan/my-parents-generation-was-definitely-pre-telly-and-they-knew-how-to/) [Lindsay Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-duncan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/lindsay-duncan-21301_bee_my-parents-generation-was-definitely-pre_1253195.jpg) > [I have always wanted to make a film about my parents' generation, which tried every way to escape from the deadly shadow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mabel-cheung/i-have-always-wanted-to-make-a-film-about-my-parents-generation-which/) [Mabel Cheung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mabel-cheung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/mabel-cheung-53654_cities_i-have-always-wanted-to-make-a-film-abou_1572778.jpg) > [It became obvious to me that the generation who changed the world were my parents' generation, and not only in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-grant/it-became-obvious-to-me-that-the-generation-who-changed-the-world/) [Linda Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/linda-grant-20628_abortion_it-became-obvious-to-me-that-the-generat_2221640.jpg) > [“A father and a mother who are not honored are essentially adult peers of their children. They are not parents. No generation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/a-father-and-a-mother-who-are-not-honored-are-essentially-adult-peers/) [Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/dennis-prager-631_children_a-father-and-a-mother-who-are-not-honore_527735.jpg) > [It took us a long time to find out that we had been lied to by our parents' generation. The moralities that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-fonda/it-took-us-a-long-time-to-find-out-that-we-had-been-lied-to-by-our/) [Peter Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/peter-fonda-17157_arbitrary_it-took-us-a-long-time-to-find-out-that_3060674.jpg) > [Chinese people of my parents' generation who lived through the Cultural Revolution knew so much of death at such a young age,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-zhang/chinese-people-of-my-parents-generation-who-lived-through-the/) [Jenny Zhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-zhang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/jenny-zhang-7725_age_chinese-people-of-my-parents-generation_951448.jpg) > [I think, at the end of the century we'll have a generation of parents and a generation of children who won't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-gopnik/i-think-at-the-end-of-the-century-we-ll-have-a-generation-of-parents/) [Alison Gopnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-gopnik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/alison-gopnik-4163_being-a-parent_i-think-at-the-end-of-the-century-we-ll_379695.jpg) > [“We did not undertake systematic interviews with people now below the age of thirty-five, but in many of the interviews with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-marchak/we-did-not-undertake-systematic-interviews-with-people-now-below-the/) [Patricia Marchak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-marchak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/patricia-marchak-193148_time_we-did-not-undertake-systematic-intervie_287070.jpg) > [The assumption is that life doesn't need to be navigated with lessons. You can just do it intuitively. After all, you only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/the-assumption-is-that-life-doesn-t-need-to-be-navigated-with-lessons/) [Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/alain-de-botton-221_achieve_the-assumption-is-that-life-doesn-t-need_2335560.jpg) > [“It is my fault, and the fault of everyone of my generation. I wonder what the future generations will say about us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-brooks/it-is-my-fault-and-the-fault-of-everyone-of-my-generation-i-wonder/) [Max Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/max-brooks-2735_american-dream_it-is-my-fault-and-the-fault-of-everyone_909391.png) > [“One of my greatest fears is family decline.There’s an old Chinese saying that “prosperity can never last for three generations.” I’ll bet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-chua/one-of-my-greatest-fears-is-family-decline-there-s-an-old-chinese/) [Amy Chua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-chua/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/amy-chua-6919_career-advice_one-of-my-greatest-fears-is-family-decli_554158.jpg) > [They say that we are better educated than our parents' generation. What they mean is that we go to school longer. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/they-say-that-we-are-better-educated-than-our-parents-generation-what-2/) [Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/richard-yates-2840_parenting_they-say-that-we-are-better-educated-tha_3213893.png) > [We're going to live longer than our parents' generation, and there comes a point when you ask yourself, 'What am I going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-pauley/we-re-going-to-live-longer-than-our-parents-generation-and-there/) [Jane Pauley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-pauley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/818/jane-pauley-10071_am_we-re-going-to-live-longer-than-our-pare_2190080.jpg) > [My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-albright/my-parents-were-of-the-generation-who-thought-they-were-the-children/) [Madeleine Albright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-albright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/madeleine-albright-1360_children_my-parents-were-of-the-generation-who-th_3220876.jpg) > [Both of my parents were first-generation Americans, the children of Jews who left Eastern Europe around the turn of the century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-robert-horvitz/both-of-my-parents-were-first-generation-americans-the-children-of/) [H. Robert Horvitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-robert-horvitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/h-robert-horvitz-51581_americans_both-of-my-parents-were-first-generation_139324.jpg) > [No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-walsh/no-matter-what-job-you-do-we-all-have-a-much-different-life-than-our/) [Kate Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-walsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/kate-walsh-9882_different_no-matter-what-job-you-do-we-all-have-a_2842667.png) > [Well, I didn't feel that I could do justice to this story of my parents and their generation, and all that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/well-i-didn-t-feel-that-i-could-do-justice-to-this-story-of-my/) [Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/condoleezza-rice-807_book_well-i-didn-t-feel-that-i-could-do-justi_947196.jpg) > [I like that in 'Caprica' the virtual world is a new thing. The parents didn't have that growing up. And it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magda-apanowicz/i-like-that-in-caprica-the-virtual-world-is-a-new-thing-the-parents/) [Magda Apanowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magda-apanowicz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/magda-apanowicz-36702_about_i-like-that-in-caprica-the-virtual-world_1080852.jpg) > [“The rules for raising children had gone out with her parents generation of daughters who had lived as Lucy had, in patient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-richards-shreve/the-rules-for-raising-children-had-gone-out-with-her-parents/) [Susan Richards Shreve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-richards-shreve/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a5/susan-richards-shreve-47712_children_the-rules-for-raising-children-had-gone_3152732.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parents-generation/#itemlist", "name": "Parents Generation Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian Schrager" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-schrager/the-trimmings-of-wealth-are-not-as-important-to-me-and-my-generation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/ian-schrager-41209_generation_the-trimmings-of-wealth-are-not-as-impor_211913.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/ian-schrager-41209_generation_the-trimmings-of-wealth-are-not-as-impor_211913.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/ian-schrager-41209_generation_the-trimmings-of-wealth-are-not-as-impor_211913.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.” — Ian Schrager", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patricia Hill Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-hill-collins/women-gain-social-influence-through-their-roles-as-mothers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c85/patricia-hill-collins-25323_culture_women-gain-social-influence-through-thei_1922422.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c85/patricia-hill-collins-25323_culture_women-gain-social-influence-through-thei_1922422.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c85/patricia-hill-collins-25323_culture_women-gain-social-influence-through-thei_1922422.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the…” — Patricia Hill Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arabella Weir" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arabella-weir/my-parents-generation-s-benchmark-was-simple-fat-equals-bad/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/arabella-weir-14186_bad_my-parents-generation-s-benchmark-was-si_2828705.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/arabella-weir-14186_bad_my-parents-generation-s-benchmark-was-si_2828705.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/arabella-weir-14186_bad_my-parents-generation-s-benchmark-was-si_2828705.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.” — Arabella Weir", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! 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Whether male or female, they will not be as strict with their children as their parents were with them. • The next generation (Sophia and Lulu’s) is the one I spend nights lying awake worrying about. Because of the hard work of their parents and grandparents, this generation will be born into the great comforts of the upper middle class. Even as children they will own many hardcover books (an almost criminal luxury from the point of view of immigrant parents). They will have wealthy friends who get paid for B-pluses.They may or may not attend private schools, but in either case they will expect expensive, brand-name clothes. Finally and most problematically, they will feel that they have individual rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and therefore be much more likely to disobey their parents and ignore career advice. 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