Their Elders Quotes

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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. — James A. Baldwin
Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile. — Henry Adams
The young generation can influence their elders and can make them understand the environmental problems that are faced by us today. The youth can make… — Oren Lyons
What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed… — Socrates
When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect â€” but do not believe him. Never put your… — Linus Pauling
Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures. — Achy Obejas
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were… — Mary Schmich
Younger Arabs are much less satisfied with education in the region than their elders, and are more comfortable networking and communicating via digital means. — Joe Saddi
The sad fact is that if you love education, revere the life of the mind, care about the pursuit of truth, think young people need… — Dennis Prager
...But we enjoyed playing games and were punished for them by men who played games themselves. However, grown-up games are known as 'business' and even… — Saint Augustine
Children tend to be rather better observers of adults' characters than adults are of children's, because children are so dependent on adults that it is… — Allan Bloom
Children know how to be cruel, and the cruelty of their elders is the surest residue of the malaise the young feel toward things strange,… — Carlos Fuentes
Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries of doctrine, living bodies of divinity, open always and inviting their elders to peruse the characters inscribed on the lovely… — Amos Bronson Alcott
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. — Ben Lindsey
For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders. — Margaret Mead
Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: 'Keep trying, don't… — Joyce Carol Oates
There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves… — Jessamyn West
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose itâ€™s an early… — Eudora Welty
Yet the summer which was to change everything was coming nearer every day. When boys and girls are growing up, life can't stand still, not… — Willa Cather
The young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the… — Margaret Mead

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