Quotes About Generation

When I was a kid, for me, the '60s seemed so far away. But I was actually born in the late '60s.

Things change so fast, you can't use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971.

I think fathers were put on Earth to embarrass their daughters.

If you're female, and you want to express your femininity, you're actually demonized in the 'Free To Be... You And Me' generation.

The feminist spirit still lives! It shows most boldly among younger women from the millennial generation.

I was from a generation that didn't think that far into the future. We thought opportunities would always exist, that we would be fifteen forever.

It took a generation of filmmakers who loved and were raised on comic books to make movies that you actually cared about and felt something for. I think that's absolutely the same with what's going on with videogame movies.

The financial services industry is failing the millennial generation.

As I was finishing high school, 'Fresh Prince' was, by far, out front. The generation before me, it may have been the Huxtables, but for me and my homies, Fresh Prince.

In every generation, there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy.

My mother came from a generation that did not want nannies. She had her first child at 24 and her last - me - at 42.

I'm your regular Gen-Xer - married at 22, had my first child at 23 and my second at 26.

The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there.

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.

The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet's killing the record business, I say, 'Who cares about the record business, the Internet is enhancing music.'

Sometimes, a remix is good because it reaches a whole new generation. But when it gets too much, it's irritating. Also, the original composer needs to be credited properly.

All things take time. A lot of my films still run on cable and are in video stores, and there's a whole generation that doesn't know who I am. So, it's a dichotomy. In some people's minds I may never grow up.

Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and enjoyment. They behaved accordingly, with a self-indulgence that was wholly rational, given their situation.

I came from a generation of actors for whom TV was taboo.

In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.

In my view, the adults are the burnt generation of Iraq for whom nothing can be done. But for the children, we can worry now, we can talk about them, we can plan for them, we can get our protest heard by others.

Kendrick Lamar is a phenomenal artist whose work has served as a catalyst to raise a new level of consciousness for this generation. His message challenges the status quo and motivates listeners to rethink our society's institutions.

My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969.

I'm one of a generation brought up on television whose acting is more 'naturalistic', whereas with some of the older generation it's more heightened. But I think there's room for both styles.