Advancing Quote by George Pattison

Our generation was born during the turmoil following the First World War. That war marked the dividing line - at least for the Western…

— Robert Kennedy

Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism…

— Albert Schweitzer

“To me,' said Mr. Herbert, 'it seems rather that the only hope for the present age lies in the possibility of some individual wiser…

— William Hurrell Mallock

A new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all Gods…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Doesn't every generation feel like the one that's coming up behind them doesn't know how to grow up? I'm not sure if we're progressively…

— Jason Reitman

We are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, tolerance, and understanding over the more destructive forces…

— Aberjhani

The nature of human beings never changes; it is immutable. The present generation of children and the present generation of young adults from the…

— Taylor Caldwell

Each generation, we peel back biases that have blinded those before us. The more we know about the past enables us to ask richer…

— David McCullough

Young people have a right to optimism, and rightly so; human beings have grown and developed and accomplished wonderful feats in the world. But…

— Jesmyn Ward

Greatest generation came through some stuff that we can't even imagine - the Depression, World War I - and all they wanted after that…

— P. J. O'Rourke

This is the period from ages 60 to 90 in which many people have a new sense of freedom, kids grown up, retired from…

— Tom Butler-Bowdon

Each generation tries to disassociate itself with the last generation. And then, about three decades later, people kind of start to maybe appreciate what…

— Michael McDonald