Generation Quotes

2595 quotes by 1900 authors

Despite its enormous power and wealth, China's ruling elite remains absolutely petrified that the free flow of information will undermine its political legitimacy, particularly among… — Tom Lantos
Yes, I was slightly outside everything when I was growing up. My mother jokes that I was exchanged at birth. She brought us up to… — Janet McTeer
I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business of thinking that… — Robin McKinley
We'll continue to see more and more brands integrate social causes, charitable components and environmental issues as underlying themes to their campaigns and messaging. Humans… — Amy Jo Martin
My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood. — Rita Wilson
The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to… — George F. Kennan
The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world, who will not leave us to walk undisturbed in… — Edith Hamilton
We need an angry generation, A generation to plow the horizons — Nizar Qabbani
I would say the most significant difference between modern-era receivers and previous receivers is the ones who were in my generation or earlier had to… — Steve Largent
Out of the sighs of one generation are kneaded the hopes of the next. — Machado de Assis
Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it. — Bill Cosby
The earth belongs to the living. No man can, by natural right, oblige the lands he occupied or the persons who succeed him in that… — Thomas Jefferson
Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'Ãªtre. Virtually all of our aunts and uncles had Ph.D.s in science or… — Steven Chu
We're in the age of the idea. The organization that can develop a culture of creativity and idea generation will be the winners. — Kevin Roberts
There is, fortunately, a minority composed of those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and satisfying experiences open to humankind are… — Albert Einstein
Perhaps the critics are right: this generation may not produce literature equal to that of any past generation-who cares? The writer will be dead before… — William Styron
This generation may be the one that will face Armageddon. — Ronald Reagan
Once I knew the City very well, spent my attic days there, while others were being a lost generation in Paris, I fledged in San… — John Steinbeck
Be wary of feeling as through there is not enough room at the table. Oftentimes a female Chinese-American might feel as through she is in… — ZZ Packer
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… — David Riesman

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