Generation Quotes

2595 quotes by 1960 authors

Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human… — John F. Kennedy
I believe that in each generation God has called enough men and women to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth. It is… — Isobel Miller Kuhn
This generation can only reach this generation. — David Livingstone
As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity:… — Thomas Paine
A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed; but I don't believe that makes good business sense — Richard Branson
We in this country, in this generation, areby destiny rather than choicethe watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may… — John F. Kennedy
It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be… — John F. Kennedy
Generation by male and female is a law common to animals and plants. — Herman Boerhaave
There are various causes for the generation of force: a tensed spring, an air current, a falling mass of water, fire burning under a boiler,… — Justus von Liebig
There's a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend - we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless is to sound… — Brandi Carlile
The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow. — R. Buckminster Fuller
You know, there was a recent poll which said that young people in the generation of the students here felt it was far more likely… — William J. Clinton
I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. — Moshe Sharett
Married people from my generation are like an endangered species! — Patrice Leconte
The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it. — Albert Einstein
O, Youth: Do you know that yours is not the first generation to yearn for a life full of beauty and freedom? — Albert Einstein
I don't consider this younger generation to be lost, quite the opposite, they must continue. It is up to them. The old political system no… — Enki Bilal
Great expectations are placed on this generation for the establishment of peaceful and neighborly relations in the North Caucasus. — Yunus-bek Yevkurov
This is a landmark work in the history of African American studies and American intellectual history. Writing with verve, Jackson brings to life a large… — Werner Sollors
Our generation grew up with the Review as a fact of life. It was Americaâ€™s literary magazine. To our minds, it still is. It has… — Lorin Stein

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