Generations Quotes

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I come from a long line of generations! — Charles M. Schulz
The Three Theorems of Psychohistorical Quantitivity: The population under scrutiny is oblivious to the existence of the science of Psychohistory. The time periods dealt with… — Isaac Asimov
A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility — Tom Brokaw
When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,… — John Keats
Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands… — Albert Einstein
Imagine a world in which generations of human beings come to believe that certain films were made by God or that specific software was coded… — Sam Harris
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be… — Thomas Jefferson
Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along. — Dean Koontz
This progressive effacement of human relationships is not without certain problems for the novel. How, in point of fact, would one handle the narration of… — Michel Houellebecq
We can't plead ignorance, only indifference. Those alive today are the generations that came to know better. We have the burden and the opportunity of… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I trembled to think of a world without stars. No guide for the sailor to trust at see, no jewels to dazzle our sense of… — Michael Jackson
A generation of the unteachable is hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses. — George Orwell
We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Everything Iâ€™ve ever gotten in life is largely due to the fact that I was born in this country, America, at this time with these… — Thomas Friedman
Where else? I belong to a lost generation and am comfortable only in the company of others who are lost and lonely. — Umberto Eco
All it takes,â€ said Crake, â€œis the elimination of one generation. One generation of anything. Beetles, trees, microbes, scientists, speakers of French, whatever. Break the… — Margaret Atwood
I honestly believe that people of my generation despise authenticity, mostly because they're all so envious of it. — Chuck Klosterman
Lina couldn't sleep at first, thinking of the old songs and what they meant. Someone, long ago, had hoped that at least a few people… — Jeanne DuPrau
Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the living timber bursts… — Homer
There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine;they can't play at wist;and… — Wilkie Collins

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