Best Generations Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre.”

Thinking Facts Generations Crime Horror Conservative Chosen Genre

Author:Laura Lippman

“Economic growth is necessary to keep the promise - enormously important to individual Americans - that each generation will have the opportunity to become more prosperous than the preceding one, the popular term for which is 'the American dream.”

Important Dream Opportunity Individual Growth Term Generations Economic Promise American Dream Prosperous Economic Growth

Author:Michael Mandelbaum

“Marginal tax rates are the lowest they've been in generations, and all we can talk about is tax cuts.”

Cutting Generations Taxes Rate Lowest Tax Cuts

Author:Patrick McHenry

“In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru.”

Roles Generations Personality Speech Models Role Models Our Generation Nehru

Author:Pranab Mukherjee

“San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.”

Kind Long Art Film Artist Leader Generations Poet Painter Performing Novelists Makers San Francisco Playwright Nurturing Innovators Sculptors Performing Arts Performing Artist

Author:Gavin Newsom

“I wouldn't say that processed food, ready meals and even takeaways aren't relevant to modern life, it's just that over the past 40 years there are three generations of people who have come out of school and gone through their home life without ever being shown how to cook properly.”

People Years Home School Past Three Gone Generations Modern Ready Cooks Meals Relevant Modern Life Over The Past Home Life Three Generations Processed Food Takeaways

Author:Jamie Oliver

“It has unfortunately now become a habit for so many generations, that it has almost passed into an instinct throughout the Jewish body, to rely upon the weapon of secrecy. Secret societies, a language kept as far as possible secret, the use of false names in order to hide secret movements, secret relations between various parts of the Jewish body: all these and other forms of secrecy have become the national method.”

Use Body Form Order Names Language Secret Generations Movement Habit Weapons Relation Method Instinct Jew Various Rely Secrecy Rely Upon Secret Society

Book:Belloc: A Biographical Anthology

Source: Belloc: A Biographical Anthology

“There's a generation now that didn't grow up in nature. Some of these adults are parents and they know that nature is good for their kids but they don't know where to start.”

Knows Kids Grows Parent Growing Up Generations Adults

Author:Richard Louv

“Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream.”

Dream Generations Missing Priorities American Dream

Author:Blanche Lincoln

“Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of Swedish crime writers, many of whom are now available in English.”

World Whole Fiction Generations Crime Available Crime Fiction Great Success Swedish Scandinavians Scandinavia

Author:Camilla Lackberg

“It has always seemed to me a pity that the young people of our generation should grow up with such scant knowledge of Greek and Latin literature, its wealth and variety, its freshness and its imperishable quality.”

People Should Young Literature Grows Wealth Quality Growing Up Generations Pity Variety Greek Latin Our Generation Freshness

Author:James Loeb

“Over many generations, fortunes in the business world were made through buying and selling products in physical stores. Internet fortunes have been made buying and selling products online.”

World Has Beens Made Generations Products Internet Fortune Stores Selling Buying Online Business World Buying And Selling Selling Products

Book:Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet

Source: Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet

“I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to have some amount of responsibility for it.”

Thinking Wealth Responsibility Generations Amount Characteristics New Generation

Author:Azim Premji

“The generation that migrated to the West in the 1970s or 1960s has now lived more in the West than India, and India has changed so much. My parents fall into that category.”

Fall Parent Generations Changed India West Categories 1960s

Author:Archie Panjabi

“You know, I started doing movies. I mean, my mind was brought into saying, you know what? I want to build a generation of wealth.”

Knows Want Mind Mean Wealth Generations

Author:Master P

“Since Medicare is on track to go bankrupt in 2024, the de facto Obama Medicare plan is to rob it and watch it disappear, leaving future generations without any hope of receiving benefits and today's seniors with an unpredictable future.”

Today Watches Plans Generations Benefits Leaving Track Disappear Receiving Senior Unpredictable Future Generation Medicare

Author:Reince Priebus

“Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region.”

May Ends Whole Helping Young Economy Generations Modern Building Willing Offers Conflict Resources Israel Aspiration Spite Regions Realising Palestinian Limited Resources

Author:Shimon Peres

“I think Blank Generation holds up pretty well. You listen to that with headphones and there's a lot going on there with the guitars- it's the product of a lot of fighting.”

Thinking Wells Fighting Generations Products Guitar Blank Headphones

Author:Robert Quine

“From education by the Church to education by Germanic value is a step of several generations.”

Values Church Steps Generations

Author:Alfred Rosenberg

“The kids I talk to are convinced their generation will make the best music. And the greatest artists have yet to be discovered. I walk around with that thought every day.”

Kids Artist Walks Generations Convinced

Author:L.A. Reid

“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.”

Knows Littles My Own Deals Economy Generations Program Worried Kicks Future Generation Down The Road Handouts

Author:Todd Rokita

“Each generation of pilots hopes that they will leave their profession better off than they found it.”

Found Generations Profession Pilots Better Off

Author:Chesley Sullenberger

“Genetics is about how information is stored and transmitted between generations.”

Generations Information Genetics

Author:John Maynard Smith

“Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in.”

Next Parent Break Rights Generations Happened Youth Involved Patterns Civil Rights Accustomed Next Generation Stood Up

Author:Octavia Spencer

“I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.”

Ifs Thinking Wells Age Player Generations Tennis This Generation Tennis Player Best Ever

Author:Samantha Stosur

“Every ten years there is a new generation of actors.”

Years Actors Generations Ten New Generation

Author:Barbet Schroeder

“I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.”

Thinking Firsts Real Kids Player Generations Heard Groups Jazz Affection Silver My Generation Back When

Author:David Sanborn

“A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that generation is lucky: so comfortable in so many genres, the same lively, generous intelligence suffusing all he did.”

Ifs Generations Lucky Comfortable Genre Generous Phenomenon Lively

Author:George Saunders

“We need to preserve these sacred locations for ourselves, for the species of plants and animals that coexist in harmony there, and for the future generations of humankind that will need to be refreshed, renewed and healed by them.”

Needs Nature Animal Generations Buddhism Harmony Sacred Plant Species Preserves Humankind Location Future Generation Healed Coexist Plants And Animals

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.”

Father Four Generations Outstanding Violinist Cellists Four Generations

Author:Leonard Slatkin

“The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.”

Ifs Years Looks Made Country Character Able Lasts Poverty Economy Progress Generations Example Grew Percent East Indian Asian 1960s Phenomenal Asian Countries

Author:Manmohan Singh

“My father's generation's crisis was fighting fascism. Ours is fighting climate change. It is much harder because you can't see it, it is not an obvious threat. But the solution is in our hands.”

Hands Fighting Father Generations Solutions Harder Crisis Threat Climate Climate Change Obvious Fascism

Author:Nicholas Stern

“I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.”

Knows Littles Seems Spiritual Parent Understanding My Own Generations Fit Fulfillment Search For Meaning

Author:Radhanath Swami

“We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans.”

Three Generations Fans Decades Three Generations Bon Jovi

Author:Richie Sambora

“Do excellent work for Christ. So that's my heart. It's always been. And I want to be the best I can be. I want to make a difference in my generation.”

Want Heart I Can Christ Differences Generations My Heart Excellent Making A Difference Being The Best My Generation Excellent Work

Author:Ricky Skaggs

“There are generations who watch Doctor Who together.”

Together Watches Generations Doctors Doctor Who

Author:Sarah Sutton

“I'm really looking forward to a time when generations after us look back and say how ridiculous it was that humans were driving cars.”

Humans Looks Generations Car Ridiculous Driving Looking Forward Driving Cars

Author:Sebastian Thrun

“There's a whole generation of young people who are faced with the so-called 'jobless recovery.' Necessity is the mother of invention. They are out there, all around the world, creating new companies.”

People World Whole Young Mother Company Generations Creating Invention Recovery Around The World Jobless New Company Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention

Author:Don Tapscott

“I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.”

Thinking World Important Hard Bigs Film Dies Next Stars Space Fantasy Generations Fans Grew Grew Up Originals Nine Cinema Sci Fi Next Generation Deep Space

Author:Olivia Thirlby

“I ask you, people who care about the soul of Ukraine, those who want to preserve the heart, the spirit and the faith of our country for future generations, to please defend it.”

People Want Heart Soul Country Care Spirit Asks Generations Please Our Country Preserves Who Cares Future Generation Ukraine

Author:Yulia Tymoshenko

“Brothers in suffering, brothers in resistance, brothers in ideals and conviction. It is now our duty to further strengthen this bond in order to secure this hard-won freedom for future generations.”

Hard Suffering Order Generations Brother Duty Ideals Conviction Resistance Secure Future Generation

Author:Guy Verhofstadt

“Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, the Web or social media. They are much more proficient with technology than prior generations since they use it for all their school work, communication and entertainment.”

Use Age Today School Young Social Technology Generations Media Communication Phones Entertainment Social Media Exposed Young Women Young Age Mobile Tablets Mobile Phones School Work

Author:Susan Wojcicki

“Each new generation builds on the work of the previous one, gaining new perspective. New verbs are introduced. We Google strange and dangerous places. We tweet mindlessly to the cosmos. We Facebook our own grandmothers. I, for one, don't want to be left behind.”

Want Left Behinds Generations Dangerous Strange Perspective Cosmos Grandmother Google Left Behind Tweet Verbs New Generation New Perspective Dangerous Places

Author:Daniel H. Wilson

“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.”

Actors Generations Theater Contemporary Hopefully My Generation

Author:Jeffrey Wright

“No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.”

People Different Matter Jobs Parent Generations No Matter What Retired Different Life Different Jobs

Author:Kate Walsh

“Niggy Tardust' is the voice of a generation, a generation that does not define itself simply by what it's born into.”

Doe Voice Born Generations

Author:Saul Williams

“If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.”

People Ifs Want Needs Children Suffering Next Interest Natural Doubt Generations Mountain Consequence Appreciate Climbs Surroundings Next Generation

Author:Tamae Watanabe

“I am probably the last of a generation able to gain an education in country music by osmosis, by sitting in a '64 Ford banging the buttons on the radio.”

Country Able Lasts Generations Sitting Gains Radio Buttons Banging Osmosis

Author:Dwight Yoakam

“Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.”

Believe Different Understanding Leader Generations Sophisticated Ideological Pragmatic Predecessors Taiwan Different Generations

Author:Ma Ying-jeou

“You know what, I don't really watch a lot of cooking shows, but what's great about them is that it inspires a lot of the younger generation so, you know, with cooking shows and reality shows and the social media, I think it really makes our industry a hotter industry.”

Thinking Knows Shows Reality Social Watches Generations Media Inspire Industry Cooking Social Media Reality Shows Younger Generation Hotter Cooking Shows

Author:Roy Yamaguchi

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