Generations Quotes

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It is to a dramatist, which is to say, to an unfrocked psychoanalyst, stunning that that which has sustained the Left in my generation, its… — David Mamet
To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations. — Richard Lamm
All of us have monarchs and sages for kinsmen; nay, angels and archangels for cousins; since in antediluvian days, the sons of God did verily… — Herman Melville
But what parent can tell when some . . . fragmentary gift of knowledge or wisdom will enrich her children's lives? Or how a small… — Helena Rubinstein
A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
We wanted to raise a generation of heretics, but instead we raised a generation of ignoramuses — Berl Katznelson
Young people - with their dynamism, their energy and their inherent understanding of our interconnected world - have much to teach us. Increased educational attainment,… — Kofi Annan
The employment laws are completely unrealistic. You cannot overcome that in only 10 years. It will take at least another generation before young people are… — Helen Suzman
America is now liberty-conscious. In a single generation it has progressed from being toothbrush-conscious, to being air-minded, to being liberty-conscious. — Elwyn Brooks White
Every ambitious would-be empire, clarions it abroad that she is conquering the world to bring it peace, security and freedom, and it is sacrificing her… — Henry David Thoreau
It is interesting to observe with what singular unanimity the farthest sundered nations and generations consent to give completeness and roundness to an ancient fable,… — Henry David Thoreau
All social workers want is to get everyone involved in a programme. Because a programme provides full employment for three generations of social workers. And… — David Eddings
A work settles nothing, just as the labor of a whole generation settles nothing. Sons, and the morrow, always start afresh. — Cesare Pavese
The fathers who contrived and passed the Consititution were wise in their generation; as time passes, we come more and more to realize their powers… — Learned Hand
Overhead the sanctities of the stars shine forever-more... pouring satire on the pompous business of the day which they close, and making the generations of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead… — George Bernard Shaw
No generation is interested in art in quite the same way as any other; each generation, like each individual, brings to the contemplation of art… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Their preservation depends upon a sentiment. As sentiment never yet annihilated a paying industry, we cannot hope to stay, wholly, the ax and saw of… — Frank Howard Clark
The most important question of the 21st century is not what or how much, it is 'How?' How do you propose to turn your good… — William J. Clinton
Pay no heed to the passing religious vogue. Go back to the grass roots. Open your hearts and search the Scriptures. Bear your cross, follow… — Aiden Wilson Tozer

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