Generations Quotes

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According to Shiva, life is in the end about fixing holes. Shiva didn't speak in metaphors. fixing holes is precisely what he did. Still, it's… — Abraham Verghese
Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! Â Â Â No hungry generations tread thee down; Â The voice I hear this passing night was heard… — John Keats
What most of us must be involved in--whether we teach or write, make films, write films, direct films, play music, act, whatever we do--has to… — Howard Zinn
Knowing you are alive is watching on every side your generation's short time falling away as fast as rivers drop through air, and feeling it… — Annie Dillard
Like most North Americans of his generation, Hal tends to know way less about why he feels certain ways about the objects and pursuits he's… — David Foster Wallace
Mr L Prosser was, as they say, only human. In other words he was a carbon-based life form descended from an ape. More specifically he… — Douglas Adams
A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty,… — Audrey Hepburn
Stopâ€¦stop, thatâ€™s the next generation of fansâ€¦ How dare you pass judgment on those 12-year-old girls who like vampires! They need to be encouraged because… — Kevin Smith
I donâ€™t want to speak too disparagingly of my generation (actually I do, we had a chance to change the world but opted for the… — Stephen King
There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take. — Andy Andrews
Ross believed in past lives. Moreover, he believed that the person you fell in love with in each life was the same person you fell… — Jodi Picoult
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they want to give their lives to something. Advertising has these people chasing cars… — Chuck Palahniuk
If you took the city of Tokyo and turned it upside down and shook it you would be amazed at the animals that fall out:… — Yann Martel
The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke — Ira Gershwin
Make up your mind to this. If you are different, you are isolated, not only from people of your own age but from those of… — Margaret Mitchell
Every high school has its Romeo and Juliet, one tragic couple. So does every generation. — Chuck Palahniuk
It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the… — John Knowles
The WWII generation shares so many common values: duty, honor, country, personal responsibility and the marriage vow " For better or for worse--it was the… — Tom Brokaw
A classic,' suggested Anthony, 'is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it's safe, like a style… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
And yet, in each human coupling, a thousand million sperm vie for a single egg. Multiply those odds by countless generations, against the odds of… — Alan Moore

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