Quotes About Generation gap

Abe shook his head, and now the smile was gone altogether. "That's not the reason either. Don't lie to me little girl." I felt my hackles going up. "And don't interrogate me, old man.

The gap between the young people and the rest of society is that...young people don't have hope.

My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.

Noored ei tahagi, et neid mõistetataks; nad tahavad jääda sellisteks nagu nad on. Täiskasvanu, kes neile liiga pealetükkivalt läheneb, muutub nende silmis niisama naeruväärseks kui lapsekleiti kandes. Me võime tunda koos noortega, kuid noored ei tunne koos meiega. See on nende pääsemine.

Pofta de a ucide b?trani.B?tranii sunt scîrboÈ™i.Tinerii sunt mediocrii È™i nerozi.Tinerii mi-au fost întodeauna nesuferiÈ›i,mai ales cand eram tan?r.Curtea pe care maeÈ™trii de gandire,umbl? dup? clientel?,o fac tineretului,e unul din lucrurile cele mai înjositoare din cate cunosc.Cat? lips? de demnitate,ce laÈ™itate,ce nonsens!

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.

That's where the Black Keys and Jack White have succeeded and I've failed: They've actually convinced college kids that they're listening to hip music - but it's just blues twisted a new way - while I'm playing for the college kid's parents.

I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?

Between children and parents, there is a difficulty of seeing each other simply as people.

My dad saw 'A Dirty Shame.' I felt bad about my father knowing what 'felching' was.

When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people saying, 'I hate Rap or Techno' I rush to it.

If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.

There's no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says.

My mum told me that grown-ups don't like teenagers, which is the last thing you want to hear when you are one yourself!

In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children.

Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed.

Sometimes I'm not sure I understand this generation." "They got to find their own way," said Aunt Pearl. "Same as we did.

This new generation, they've been raised by their parents to assume they'll start at the top. No scut for them. They'll just sit in their parents' basement till the job offer for partner comes in.

The language of Cat's generation was far harder than that of her own, and more pithily correct: in their terms, he was a hunk. But why, she wondered, should anybody actually want a hunk, when non-hunks were so much more interesting?

The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it.

Lets ignore our mothers' well-meant advice.

Andy crouched disconsolately before Judge Hardy. "Dad, I don't understand these modern girls. Polly won't let you kiss her at all, but this Cynthia, she'll let you kiss her whenever you want, all the time.

When his son was dressed Mr. Button regarded him with depression. The costume consisted of dotted socks, pink pants, and a belted blouse with a wide white collar. Over the latter waved the long whitish beard, drooping almost to the waist. The effect was not good.