Generations Quotes - Page 4

• Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

  Joseph Addison

  Book, Legacy, Genius

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index”, p.216

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• Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

  Joseph Addison

  Wisdom, Lying, Son

  Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853). “The Spectator”, p.383

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• I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys

  Harvey Pekar

  Book, Guy, Research

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• Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.

  William Gilmore Simms

  Eye, Wings, Pioneers

  William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.75

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• As a first generation Jewish American, I have witnessed firsthand Jewish immigrants who have come to this Nation in order to create a better life for themselves, their families, and future generations.

  Jan Schakowsky

  Order, Firsts, Better Life

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• These kids are the future of the National Football League. They're the next generation that will be playing high school football, NCAA football, and some even to the pros.

  Troy Vincent

  Sports, Football, School

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• Well, the big elephant in the whole system is the baby boomer generation that marches through like a herd of elephants. And we begin to retire in 2008.

  Lindsey Graham

  Girl, Baby, Elephants

  "Social Security Debate Starts on a Good Note". "Special Report" with Jim Angel, www.foxnews.com. March 16, 2005.

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• I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from my Beatle generation, who would say, We really love this song.

  Paul McCartney

  Song, Kids, Thinking

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• I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation.

  Avril Lavigne

  Sids, Vicious, New Generation

  "Blitzkrieg Bot: Watch Some Robots Cover The Ramones" by Josh Kurp, uproxx.com. February 27, 2013.

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• But go on, valiant champion; you die not as a fool, though the apostate, unfaithful, and lukewarm ministers and professors of this generation think and say so.

  Donald Cargill

  Stupid, Thinking, Champion

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• Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan had tremendous influence on generations of American because, even if people disagreed with them, they admired them because they made very strong commitments to things they believed in.

  Phil Crane

  Strong, Commitment, People

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• When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.

  Maurice de Vlaminck

  Hands, Umpires, People

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• The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.

  Henry Clay

  America, Democracy, United States

  Henry Clay (1863). “Life and times”, p.344

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• I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Actors, Theater, Hopefully

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• This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

  Judy Davis

  Kids, Parent, Dying

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• My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance.

  Paul Tsongas

  Father, Land, Purpose

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• Everybody's saturated with the marketing hype of next-generation consoles. They are wonderful, but the truth is that they are as powerful as a high end PC is right now.

  John Carmack

  Powerful, Hype, Marketing

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• From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best and bravest took up arms in a worldwide struggle against tyranny.

  Steve Buyer

  Depression, Country, Struggle

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• I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation.

  Avril Lavigne

  Motivational, Birthday, Walking Away

  "Blitzkrieg Bot: Watch Some Robots Cover The Ramones" by Josh Kurp, uproxx.com. February 27, 2013.

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• This generation should entertain this generation. It's only fair. When I was a kid, I mowed the lawn. Now, somebody else's kid can mow the lawn.

  Tom T. Hall

  Kids, This Generation, Should

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• I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.

  Bette Davis

  Brando, My Generation

  "The Lonely Life: An Autobiography".

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• We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.

  Moshe Dayan

  Gun, House, Tree

  "The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World". Book by Avi Shlaim, 2000.

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• And I was shocked, To see the mistakes of each generation, Will just fade like a radio station, If you drive out of range...

  Ani DiFranco

  Mistake, Radio, Range

  "Song: Out of Range". July 26, 1994.

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• I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Children, Mean, Kids

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• I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation.

  George Plimpton

  Fear, Jealous, Style

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