This Generation Quotes
127 quotes by 115 authors
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I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.
— Satchel Paige
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This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has…
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.
— Penelope Spheeris
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Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.
— Gertrude Stein
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Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and…
— Arthur Hays Sulzberger
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I feel like I'm a product of this generation where everybody listens to charts with diverse music.
— Carrie Underwood
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There's always a wine bully. The one person who did read the 'Wine Spectator,' who tells you what to drink and why the '97 is…
— Gary Vaynerchuk
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I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.
— Kanye West
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My generation was secretive, brooding, ambitious, show-offy, and this generation is congenial. Totally. I imagine them walking around with GPS chips that notify them when…
— Garrison Keillor
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To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.
— Edgar Lee Masters
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We make no apology then for raising our voices loud to a world that is ripening in sin the lord has said,†Say nothing but…
— Spencer W. Kimball
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When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,…
— John Keats
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She was tired of being told how it was by this generation, who’d botched things so badly. They’d sold their children a pack of lies:…
— Libba Bray
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This generation has lost the true meaning of romance. There are so many songs that disrespect women. You can’t treat the woman you love as…
— Tom Hiddleston
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We cannot hope, then, in this generation, or for several generations, that the mass of the whites can be brought to assume that close sympathetic…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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When you touch the life of a man of this generation, that influence is felt through generations yet to come.
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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Whether one likes it or not, the screen is a profoundly important source of imagery and storytelling for this generation. For me, books remain a…
— Graeme Base
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In this generation, the issue pressing that question on our consciences is the issue of abortion.
— Robert Casey
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Haldeman is the only man in America in this generation who let his hair grow for a courtroom appearance.
— Mary McGrory
Who Wrote These This Generation Quotes
115 authors contributed a total of 127 This Generation Quotes, led by these top contributors: