Generations Quotes

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A generation which has passed through the shop has absorbed standards and ambitions which are not of those of spaciousness, and cannot get away from… — Alexander Herzen
You know, I come from six generations of college graduates. — Julian Bond
When today's generation reads Jack's books or they listen to the music created by some of us, I believe that they see there is a… — David Amram
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and… — Elijah Cummings
I can assume that the younger generations will no longer know what vinyl was. Maybe some kids will take their CD back to the shop,… — Mike Rutherford
Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of… — Alberto Moravia
I was raised in that generation where it was all 'Women can have it all!' and I don't think you can. I think something falls… — Drew Barrymore
Painting is traditional but for me that doesn't mean the academy. I felt a need to paint; I love painting. It was something natural -… — Gerhard Richter
I trust and believe that this College, this seed that we have sown, will grow to shelter and nurture generations who may add most notably… — Winston Churchill
And so you [young Americans]need to be the Idea Generation. The generation who's always thinking on the cutting edge, who's wondering how to create and… — Barack Obama
The incredible story of progress that is America has always been built by those who ask why, what if, and why not. Our schools must… — Barack Obama
We learned in the university to consider Wordsworth and Keats as Romantics. They were only a generation apart, but Wordsworth didn't even read Keats's book… — Thom Gunn
Make the wrong choices now and future generations will live with a changed climate, depleted resources and without the green space and biodiversity that contribute… — Tony Blair
Exactness is first obtained, and afterwards elegance. But diction, merely vocal, is always in its childhood. As no man leaves his eloquence behind him, the… — Samuel Johnson
If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private property, to be… — Russell Kirk
The preservation of parks, wilderness, and wildlife has also aided liberty by keeping alive the 19th century sense of adventure and awe with which our… — Ronald Reagan
Generations hence, parents will take their children to these woods to show them how the land must have looked to the first Pilgrims and pioneers.… — Ronald Reagan
No generation has a free hold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy-with a full repairing lease. — Margaret Thatcher
Some urge we do nothing because we can't be certain how bad the (climate) problem might become or they presume the worst effects are most… — John McCain
For decades we have been living lives of abundance, with little regard for our natural resources or global health. But we are now facing hard… — John McCain

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