Quotes About Generation

Because to the mortal creature, generation is a sort of eternity and immortality,' she replied; 'and if, as has been already admitted, love is of the everlasting possession of the good, all men will necessarily desire immortality together with good: Wherefore love is of immortality.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

And that's the work of your generation. As long as more walls still stand...We'll need more of you, young people, who imagine the world as it should be; who knock down walls; who knock down barriers; who imagine something different and have the courage to make it happen. The courage to bring communities together, to make even the small impossibilities a shining example of what is possible.

Neither in us nor, more generally, in our generation, whether we were "Aryans" or Jews, had the idea that one should and could resist fascism yet made much headway

Me neither," Shane put in. "Homie don't play that." "I wonder, sometimes, if your generation speaks English at all," Amelie said.

I love the escape. Academics aren't supposed to say that, but it's true. I love to dig into somebody else's vision, nightmare, utopia, whatever. I love how books put a dent in our egos— turns out we're not the first sentient generation on the planet after all. Other people have been just as perspective, just as worked up, about the same damn human problems we face.

that was the style of his generation, to communicate via the safety of pixels on a screen.

Ryan's parents, no less than Sam's, were of that portion of the post-war generation that rejected the responsibilities of tradition and embraced entitlement. Sometimes it seemed to him that he was the parent, that his mother and father were the children. Regardless of the consequences of their behavior and decisions, they would see no need for redemption. Giving them the chance to earn it would only offend them.

These days, many of the younger generation lacked a serious work ethic and, having been hooked on tech and social media most of their lives, had the attention span of a Chihuahua with ADHD

Marv stared at his phone. Kids these days. It was like on that day in school when they taught personal responsibility, this entire fucking generation had banged in sick.

Igual se estaba haciendo viejo; sabía que no entender la música de la generación más joven era la primera señal de que la tuya estaba de capa caída

new micro-generation of substandard cops who think they can compensate for bad instincts, poor people skills, and limited intelligence with high-powered weaponry.

The problem in our time is that maturity is not high on the list of goals we offer the next generation. We stress happiness, success, and intelligence but not maturity. And that is too bad, both for society, which suffers when too many of its members are immature, and for the individual who wants to be happy. For happiness is not available to the immature. And one of the prominent characteristics of immaturity is seeing oneself primarily as a victim.

I'm of a generation that doesn't expect automatic happiness, so I feel incredibly lucky.

We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.

I was part of the generation that was supposed to become doctors.

When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.

I'm from the generation that had the boys' door and the girls' door when you went to school, and you got in big trouble if you went in the wrong one.

You have an entire generation of kids who grew up with the idea that music is something that you can download for free.

I was part of a generation where kids had a lot of freedom and aimless downtime. I had no scheduled after-school activities. As long as you came home for dinner, everything was fine.

I've always had a particular affinity for father-son dramas.

I am always drawn to father/son stories.

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

There's a whole generation out there who don't know that I was a pop singer in the early days.