Generations Quotes

3253 Generations quotes by 2229 unique authors

A writer ... whittles at the words and phrases of today and makes of them forms to set the mind of tomorrow's generation. — John Dos Passos
There are too many "creative writing" courses and seminars, in which young wirters are constantly being taught to rewrite the previous generation. They should be… — John Dos Passos
It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for all who are… — Ulysses S. Grant
If you're in the heyday of rock and roll and movies, and that's where I grew up. We didn't have to look for it. We… — Billy Bob Thornton
We're not encouraging idols other than on the TV show, you know and that's the wrong way to do it. If we had become famous… — Billy Bob Thornton
It's actually quite common for presidents to believe that future generations will render a verdict on their presidencies that is more lasting or definitive than… — David Greenberg
Having gone through the civil rights struggle, having gone through the anti-Vietnam War struggle, by the time I was in my 20s, I had something… — Paul Solman
I'm drawing from two generations back how to think about music, how to think about why you travel to make music, what the possible pitfalls… — Elvis Costello
Everything is very convenient now and it would be real nice if somehow people started going back to the movie theater. And it's people of… — Billy Bob Thornton
Everyone with the new generation is about the social network and YouTube, so if you put a proper version of what it should ideally be,… — Kerry Ellis
Today's a great time to be any creative type of person, I think, and in just about every aspect of creativity, this generation is going… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
As the books got more and more Zionist and less and less socialist, my entire generation, at least a large percentage of it, simply left… — Roseanne Barr
People fall out of love, or get married for the wrong reasons. People change. The older generation - they got married and had a kid… — Kellan Lutz
I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve. — Al Franken
During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of… — Michael Franti
I went to Iraq because I wanted to see what one year of occupation had done to Iraqi society, and I went to the West… — Michael Franti
I always say, 'Man, the Creator is preparing me for something. He's keeping the sun on me for some reason. He's keeping me aligned with… — Doug E. Fresh
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up… — Stephen Fry
Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be a wonderful length… — Neil Gaiman
Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at 'Second City,' 'SNL,' in sitcoms and in film. — Janeane Garofalo
A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage… — Bill Gates
But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's… — Henry Louis Gates
Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could… — Henry Louis Gates
Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go… — Henry Louis Gates

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