Quotes About Generations

People always ask me: 'When is the new Pele going to be born?' Never. My father and mother have closed the factory.

Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.

My real name is Mica, spelled with a C. My dad is called Michael. He wanted me to be called Michael but my mother said over her dead body. She wasn't into the whole junior thing.

All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

And I am standing in front of my mother, and my whole life I have wanted to make my mother proud. And now I'm going to make my daughter proud.

My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.

Generation after generation of women have pledged to raise their daughters differently, only to find that their daughters grow up and fervently pledge the same thing.

Fifty years ago my Mother stood on this stage accepting this award; She was fortunate enough to have my Dad with her. Fifty years later, I'm fortunate enough to have my Dad with me. I love you, Dad.

Woo her not till thou hast seen her mother, for a score of years worketh wonders.

I would have to say that my mother's entrepreneurial perspective, and that of her father's, are very evident in my own outlook.

Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.

My grandmother lives with my mother in a gorgeous house in the San Fernando Valley. I am afforded these luxuries, and I'm very young.

Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.

My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too.

I want people to think about the connection between mothers and daughters. I like the idea of continuity of life and generations.

I'm raising my daughter with her grandparents in the picture, and that feels good.

I look a lot like my father and his mother.

My mother was very funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. My grandmother, too.

Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My grandchildren multiply the joy my daughters bring me.

Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me.

If we continue to approach problems from the perspective of temporary expediency, future generations will face tremendous difficulties.

The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the heart.

Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better world.

It's really important to me that my niece and nephews can come and see my show, as can my grandad and nan. I love spending time with my family, and music has always bonded us.