“I don't know anything more piggish - I don't know anything more un-American than saying, 'Oh, I'm worried about my own little handout or my own little program or my own little economy and we'll kick this can down the road and let some future generation deal with it.” KnowsLittlesMy OwnDealsEconomyGenerationsProgramWorriedKicksFuture GenerationDown The RoadHandouts Author:Todd Rokita
“There is so much more information about the scientific world than there was a generation ago that we have all increased our opportunities for ignorance. There are more things not to know. ... The machinery that we deal with is so much more complex that it is possible to become dysfunctional at a much higher level of performance.” KnowsWorldOpportunityLevelsDealsProgressGenerationsInformationIgnoranceHigherPerformancesComplexesMachineryHigher Level Book:Making Sense Source: Making Sense
“We hear a great deal about the rudeness of the rising generation. I am an oldster myself and might be expected to take the oldsters' side, but in fact I have been far more impressed by the bad manners of parents to children than by those of children to parents.” ChildrenHas BeensFactsMightParentSidesDealsGenerationsExpectedMannersRisingImpressedRudenessParent ChildBad Manners Book:The Four Loves Source: The Four Loves
“every issue that we deal with in this country has a moral component to it. And so, to divorce a moral component to the debt burden we're leaving the next generation, the tax structure to how we spend our money in Washington, and how we - you know, how we value human life - I mean, all of those things, to me interrelate. They're not - they're not separate issues.” KnowsHumansMeanCountryValuesNextDealsMoralKnow HowIssuesGenerationsTaxesStructureLeavingBurdenDivorceDebtHuman LifeComponentsNext Generation Author:Rick Santorum
“Here's Kanye, the great musical genius of his generation in hip hop, but, like, society really can't even deal with him because he's always saying something that people go, 'Oh, I can't believe Kanye said that. I can't believe he did that.'” PeopleBelieveSaidI CanDealsGenerationsGeniusMusicalHip HopHipsHopsGreat MusicMusical Genius Author:Ben Horowitz
“A lot of those old ideas are dying with the people who created them, and there's this new generation of filmmaker that's saying, "We're in this together, these are issues that we all deal with, let's just present issues to screen without bias and figure out what the audience has to say about them."” PeopleIdeasTogetherDealsAudienceIssuesGenerationsDyingFiguresScreensFilmmakerBiasNew GenerationOld Ideas Author:Nate Parker
“I've finally figured out why soap operas are, and logically should be, so popular with generations of housebound women. They are the only place in our culture where grown-up men take seriously all the things that grown-up women have to deal with all day long.” MenShouldLongCultureDealsGenerationsOperaSoapSoap Operas Author:Gloria Steinem
“For almost a quarter of a century, Teen Ink has been encouraging young people to write - and then has published those pieces. These heartfelt essays and poems explore the issues faced by teenagers today. I applaud their efforts because they not only help young people deal with their own lives but also encourage the budding authors of the next generation.” PeopleWritingHas BeensHelpingTodayYoungNextDealsEffortIssuesPiecesGenerationsCenturyTeenagerQuartersEssaysInkNext GenerationHeartfeltQuarter Of A Century Author:Anita Silvey
“Look, we'll have to confront the pathologies of poverty at some point. We can deal with them cheaply at the front end, in infancy. Or we can wait and jail a troubled adolescent at the tail end. To some extent, we face a choice between investing in preschools or in prisons.” LooksEndsRealityFacesChoicesPoliticsWaitingCommunityJusticeMoneyDealsEducationPovertyHistoryGenerationsFrontsHuman NaturePolicyEqualEthicsStrategyPrisonInvestingIdeologyJailTailsEqual RightsInfancyPathologyFood Stamps Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“Our generation was supposed to be about trying to deal with nuclear concerns and environmental disasters.” TryingDealsGenerationsConcernEnvironmentalNuclearDisasterSupposed To BeOur Generation Author:Michael Stipe
“Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.” TryingYearsHas BeensProblemRunningDifficultCommunityDealsStruggleIssuesViolenceGenerationsSuicideMedicalStolenPreventionAboriginalFamily RelationshipHealth ServicesMedical Problems Author:Malcolm Fraser
“What I've always tried to do is to express the highest point of me, and rock 'n' roll is the first and the most open form created by our generation. The cool thing about it is that you get the power, you get the rhythm; you can be taken over sexually, you can be taken over cerebrally; it's great to look at - it's a package deal.” FirstsLooksFormDealsTakenGenerationsRocksHighestRhythmRock N RollPackagesSexuallyOur GenerationCool Things Author:Patti Smith
“If things do get better in Iraq, I'm saying as someone who thinks the war was a mistake. I'm saying that is cause for us all to have a huge party. It's a big deal if things get better. Because if they don't get better, our country is going to be hurt for generations.” IfsThinkingWarCountryBigsCausesHurtDealsPartyMistakeGenerationsHugeIraqOur CountryGet BetterBig Deal Author:Tucker Carlson