Generations Quotes

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Each generation has its few great mathematicians, and mathematics would not even notice the absence of the others. They are useful as teachers, and their… — Alfred Adler
When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother used to say that for her the important thing was… — Roger Bannister
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. — Ronald Reagan
High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence of… — Milan Kundera
These 'philosophers', etc., seem unaware, to give a specific example, that by teaching and preaching 'identity', which is empirically non-existent in this actual world, they… — Alfred Korzybski
Believe it, future generations. — Horace
In the process of natural selection, then, any device that can insert a higher proportion of certain genes into subsequent generations will come to characterize… — E. O. Wilson
There are as many species as the infinite being created diverse forms in the beginning, which, following the laws of generation, produced many others, but… — Carl Linnaeus
This spontaneous emergence of order at critical points of instability, which is often referred to simply as "emergence," is one of the hallmarks of life.… — Fritjof Capra
Why do some die and some live? The answer was clearly, that on the whole the best fitted live. From the effects of disease the… — Alfred Russel Wallace
Looking to future generations, there is no cause to fear that the social instincts will grow weaker... the social instincts, - the prime principle of… — Charles Darwin
The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last. — George Bernard Shaw
My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labor and sacrifices made. This is one… — Nikola Tesla
Every work of science great enough to be well remembered for a few generations affords some exemplification of the defective state of the art of… — Charles Sanders Peirce
This hill crossed with broken pines and maples lumpy with the burial mounds of uprooted hemlocks (hurricane of '38) out of their rotting hearts generations… — Grace Paley
Public opinion rarely considers the needs of the next generation or the history of the last. It is frequently hampered by myths and misinformation, by… — Theodore C. Sorensen
For the sake of future generations, we must continue to work together to realise a world without nuclear weapons. — John Roos
As the U.S. ambassador to Japan, I see this challenge of our younger generations not knowing each other as well as the prior generations. — John Roos
We need to instill the values that are important for future generations, and above all we have to show boys how to respect women. — Charlene, Princess of Monaco
It is a wonderful honor to receive the Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society, which for more than a century has fought tirelessly to… — Louis Bacon

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