“When I contemplate the immense advances in science and discoveries in the arts which have been made within the period of my life, I look forward with confidence to equal advances by the present generation, and have no doubt they will consequently be as much wiser than we have been as we than our fathers were, and they than the burners of witches.” LooksHas BeensArtMadeFatherDoubtGenerationsYouthPeriodsEqualDiscoveryNo DoubtWitchContemplatingImmenseWiserOur FatherInexperienceAdvances In Science Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson
“Every generation has to find their own heroes.” GenerationsMinesHeroIncluding Author:Sylvester Stallone
“The goal of this generation's pioneers should be to restrict procreation and limit consumption. They should also take every opportunity to make themselves happy, realizing that the key to self-generated happiness (the only reliable kind) is the refusal to take oneself too seriously.” ShouldKindSelfOpportunityGoalRealizingGenerationsKeysLimitsOneselfConsumptionRefusalPioneersThis GenerationProcreation Author:Tom Robbins
“The male society is letting the men think of the women as something pretty and soft and that kind of thing. So I just wanted to show what we were. Women are the ones who actually created the human race. I mean without us bringing up the new generation, there wouldn't be a human race.” ThinkingMenHumansKindMeanShowsWantedRaceGenerationsHe ManMalesHuman RaceNew Generation Author:Yoko Ono
“There's this idea of shifting baselines. It was coined by a guy named Jeremy Jackson. It's the idea that every generation takes what it sees, and says, "Okay, well, that's the norm."” WellsIdeasGuyGenerationsOkayNormShifting Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“But ultimately, the purpose of marriage is to transmit civilization to the next generation. There has never been an institution that does it as well as marriage, and that is marriage between a man and a woman.” MenWellsDoePurposeNextGenerationsCivilizationInstitutionsNext GenerationTransmit Author:Ann Coulter
“For electric power generation, we are very optimistic about solar-thermal technology, and we’re intrigued by the potential of enhanced geothermal energy to replace coal-based power generation. Traditional carbon capture and sequestration-based coal power generation is somewhat unlikely to be competitive.” EnergyTechnologyGenerationsTraditionalOptimisticCaptureElectricCarbonCoalUnlikelyIntriguedThermalElectric PowerGeothermalGeothermal Energy Author:Vinod Khosla
“I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything.” BelieveArtWholeArtistCultureGenerationsInfluenceDon't BelieveRingsChainsClash Author:Marjane Satrapi
“I'm sick and tired of our generation being called the TV generation. What do you expect? We watched Lee Harvey Oswald get his brains blown out all over. How could we change the channel after that?” HumorFunnyBrainGenerationsTvsSickTiredOur GenerationHarvey Author:Denis Leary
“I'm proud to be part of a generation where reading is a 'look.'” LooksHumorFunnyReadingGenerationsProud Author:Marc Maron
“A part of what makes myths live is their multiplicity, the way different voices retell them in every generation. Homer survives because his poetry was outstanding, yes, but also because he's been passed down by so many by luminaries like Vergil and Ovid, Shakespeare, James Joyce and Margaret Atwood, but also by countless others. I wanted to do my part for these tremendous stories.” WayDifferentStoriesWantedVoiceGenerationsMythOutstandingMultiplicityJoyceDifferent Voices Author:Madeline Miller
“If I were born in other generation, I would be a singer rapper, dancing is also...I was famous as a good dancer. My dancing skill was just hided by other members better skill.” IfsWould BeBornGenerationsSkillsMembersDancingSingersDancerRapper Author:Yesung
“I think of my father growing up in South Jersey, the son of second-generation German immigrant glassblowers. The opportunities for him of feeling that aspiration, that yearning, get out of the small town, connect to a larger world, get yourself to New York, wanting to play the piano at every opportunity, bonding with people who were on a similar path, ending up in Provincetown, which was kind of nexus for nonconformity, and artistic dropout reality.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindPlayFeelingsRealityFatherOpportunityGrowing UpPathGrowingGenerationsNew YorkSonTownsSouthArtisticPianoAspirationImmigrantsYearningSmall TownJerseyNonconformityBondingDropoutsNexusProvincetown Author:Anne Waldman
“A lot of my father's generation were thinking about communism and had deep liberal and progressive connections. He never admitted whether he was a card-carrying communist party member but I think its possible.” ThinkingFatherPartyGenerationsMembersConnectionsCardsCommunismProgressiveCommunistCommunist Party Author:Anne Waldman
“I did go to Vietnam in 2000 as a kind of pilgrimage and to feel my generation was very much a part of this. I felt responsible but also connected and empathetic. It was a very complicated relationship we had, whichever side you were on. The shock of being there was very few people my own age - I was primarily in the North in the streets of Hanoi. A whole generation was essentially decimated.” PeopleFeelsKindWholeAgeFeltSidesMy OwnGenerationsStreetsResponsibleComplicatedConnectedShockVietnamBeing ThereMy GenerationPilgrimageEmpatheticComplicated RelationshipHanoi Author:Anne Waldman
“The fact that you can take LEGO bricks from thirty years ago and they still snap together with the same new LEGO brick that comes out, I mean what type of product can span generations like that, there is something really special to it.” YearsMeanStillsFactsTogetherGenerationsSpecialProductsTypeYears AgoThirtyBricksSnapsThirty YearsLegos Author:Nathan Sawaya
“The biggest untapped source of energy today is our youth. I am from an age of consumerism, but my two daughters are young enough to change the way their generation thinks.” ThinkingWayTwoEnoughAgeTodayYoungEnergyGenerationsYouthSourceDaughterConsumerismTwo Daughters Author:Mike Horn
“By now, a younger generation of women participate in extremely lively debates in which questions of gender, sexuality and representation on screens and across media are approached from perspectives that had not yet been articulated in the 1970s.” GenerationsMediaPerspectiveGenderSexualityScreensDebateRepresentationLivelyYounger Generation Author:Laura Mulvey
“Every time you win a cup it's special, but it's a dream come true when it happens at a club where you started in the youth set-up, surrounded by friends who formed an incredible generation of players.” DreamHappensWinningPlayerGenerationsSpecialYouthIncrediblesClubsCupsDreams Come TrueSurrounded By Friends Author:Clarence Seedorf
“It seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to our future generation.” ProblemSeemsLeftClearGenerationsClimateClimate ChangeOur FutureFuture Generation Author:Pope Francis
“I still believe that term limits is the best way to ensure that the next generation, not the next election, is the central concern in our elected bodies.” WayBelieveStillsBodyPoliticalNextPoliticsTermGenerationsLimitsConcernElectionBest WayNext GenerationI Still BelieveTerm Limits Author:Tom Coburn
“One important part of historical recording is to get people of another generation to understand the feelings, the passion that went into social transformation. That's why oral history is so valuable.” PeopleImportantFeelingsPassionSocialGenerationsTransformationHistoricalValuableOral HistorySocial Transformation Author:Alix Kates Shulman
“I think as a veteran player, in general, you should feel that sense of responsibility to try to lead these guys to becoming good pros. You want the league to be in good hands, and you want these guys to become great NFL players and then pass it along to the next generation. You can only lead by example, and that's pretty much what I'm trying to do.” ThinkingWantFeelsShouldTryingHandsGuyNextResponsibilityPlayerGenerationsExampleBecomingLeagueNflVeteranNext GenerationSense Of ResponsibilityNfl Players Author:Champ Bailey
“Global education is something that is important for me. Because I believe that our future is going to be built by our young generation.” BelieveImportantYoungI BelieveGenerationsBuiltOur FutureYoung Generation Author:Anousheh Ansari
“Remorse is extremely useful for a generation which has in fact dirtied its hands but for the next generation you cannot ask, for instance, young Germans today to feel guilty about Hitlerism.” FeelsFactsHandsTodayYoungNextAsksGenerationsGuiltyInstanceRemorseNext Generation Author:Pascal Bruckner
“I'm part of the first generation who grew up with manga [comics] and anime [animation], you know, after 'Godzilla.' I was absorbed with Ultraman on TV and in manga. The profession of game designer was created really recently. If it didn't exist, I'd probably be making anime.” IfsKnowsFirstsGamesGenerationsTvsGrewGrew UpProfessionDesignerAnimationAnimeGodzilla Author:Satoshi Tajiri
“I am the age of the some of the grandparents that are bringing their young grandchildren to hear the music. I have been fortunate enough to see multiple generations of families come see my shows.” Has BeensEnoughShowsAgeYoungGenerationsFortunateMultipleGrandparentGrandchildren Author:Sam Bush
“It's absolutely essential for every generation to capture that social responsibility. Injustice grows like weeds. The injustices of the world are like weeds, and if you do nothing they'll choke your whole garden, man.” IfsMenWorldWholeSocialGrowsResponsibilityGenerationsEssentialsGardenInjusticeWeedCaptureSocial ResponsibilityChoke Author:Luis Valdez
“It comes out of human beings, it comes from the dark side of the human being, when people don't give a hoot about other people and they'll steal and rob and rob the food out of baby's mouths, so it's incumbent on every new generation to develop a social conscience and to really defend themselves. And that takes demonstrations sometimes.” PeopleGivingHumansSometimesSocialSidesDarkHuman BeingsGenerationsBabyMouthsConscienceStealingDemonstrationDark SideNew GenerationIncumbentsHoot Author:Luis Valdez
“A lot of the public responses are based on the prejudices and ignorance, they've been inherited from previous generations. California has always been a multicultural state, but the thing is, you've got to open your eyes and people in general need to get over their own prejudices.” PeopleNeedsStatesEyeGenerationsIgnorancePrejudiceResponseCaliforniaGet OverMulticulturalPrevious Generations Author:Luis Valdez
“We're achieving better marbling and better flavor with old world wisdom that's been passed down for generations but we're still using technology.” WorldStillsTechnologyGenerationsAchieveFlavorOld World Author:Dan Barber
“I find artists like Tim Barry, Cory Branan, and Jenny Owen Youngs, these current artists that are doing what they're doing now are my idols, my generation's incredible songwriters. I've listened to so much music on the whole ride and I'm inspired by a lot of classic artists, but it's the people right next to me singing songs that are blowing my mind, if that makes any sense.” PeopleIfsMindWholeArtistSongNextGenerationsSingingInspiredIncrediblesCurrentsClassicIdolsSongwritersMy GenerationJennySinging Songs Author:Chuck Ragan
“I am continually influenced by the feeling that music culture captured in the late 60s - for my generation, it was a time to rebel, against our parents, against everything.” FeelingsCultureParentGenerationsLateRebelCapturedMy GenerationMusic Culture Author:Renzo Rosso
“Different times call for different attitudes. But I love your generation because you are so creative and innovative in how you wear things, how you think, how you approach everything.” ThinkingDifferentAttitudeCreativeGenerationsLove YouApproachInnovativeDifferent TimesDifferent Attitude Author:Renzo Rosso
“I think it's going to take three or four generations of gay people being able to get married before it starts feeling less like we're going through these motions, that we're aping a heterosexual institution.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsAbleThreeFourGenerationsGayMarriedInstitutionsGay PeopleFour Generations Author:Dan Savage
“I'm from the generation that's always been recording, from the very beginning. I learned to play the guitar on the four-track. I started listening to music at a time when people were doing recording at home, when the discussion about songwriting correlated to the discussion about producing and engineering. I think that's a description of my generation.” PeopleThinkingPlayHomeFourGenerationsListeningGuitarTrackDiscussionDescriptionSongwritingEngineeringListening To MusicMy Generation Author:Sufjan Stevens
“Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.” GrowthWealthHalfGenerationsSuicidePopulationDuesFallenLackingRapidsArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisPopulation GrowthRapid Growth Author:Keith Henson
“People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive success loop over generations.” PeopleYearsLongTermHoursBrainGenerationsRewardsLong TermRepeatsChemicalsBehaviourShort TermLoopsFlooding Author:Keith Henson
“I live just outside of Salt Lake City in a place called Emigration Canyon. It's on the Mormon trail. So I feel deeply connected, not only because of my Mormon roots, which are five or six generations, but because of where we live. There isn't a day that goes by that I'm not mindful of the spiritual sovereignty that was sought by my people in coming to Utah.” PeopleFeelsSpiritualCitiesFiveGenerationsSixRootsConnectedLakesSaltSovereigntyTrailsCanyonsUtahEmigrationSalt Lake City Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“Every generation will be challenged morally once in their life about its government, and they will have to say where they stand.” GovernmentGenerations Author:Nick Nolte
“Yet, most of the readily accessible reserves of oil formed over hundreds of millions of years will be consumed within a single generation, spanning the years from 1960 to 1995.” YearsMillionsGenerationsEnvironmentalOilReserves1960sConsumedExtremist Author:Lester R. Brown
“We want to change the identity of Delhi from Generator Capital to Power Generation Capital.” WantGenerationsIdentityDevelopmentIndiaDelhiGenerator Author:Narendra Modi
“We, the present generation, have the responsibility to act as a trustee of the rich natural wealth for the future generations. The issue is not merely about climate change; it is about climate justice.” NaturalWealthJusticeResponsibilityIssuesRichGenerationsIndiaClimateClimate ChangeFuture GenerationTrustees Author:Narendra Modi
“All of us have to ensure that our future generations lead a life of peace, dignity and mutual respect. We need to sow the seeds of a conflict-free world, and in this endeavour, Buddhism and Hinduism have a great contribution.” WorldNeedsGenerationsBuddhismConflictEmpowermentDignityIndiaSeedsContributionMutualOur FutureHinduismFuture GenerationEndeavourMutual RespectFree World Author:Narendra Modi
“Those who think only for a year, they sow food grains; those who think for a decade, they plant fruits; But those who think for generations, they prepare humans.” ThinkingYearsHumansGenerationsEmpowermentIndiaPlantFruitDecadesGrain Author:Narendra Modi
“When I started making music, we'd lost a lot of our great people. Rock was moving in a direction I didn't like. Rock was my generation's revolutionary, sexual, poetic, and political voice, but it had become corporatized. It was going into stadiums. It was so far removed from its basic roots.” PeopleMovingPoliticalLostVoiceGenerationsRocksRootsRevolutionaryPoeticGreat PeopleMy GenerationStadiumsMoving In Author:Patti Smith
“Every time my cameras go out on a movie, we learn something new and then we take what we learn and we put it into the next generation of the cameras so we're constantly improving. It's kind of like building a race car, racing it, then running back to the shop and working on the engine some more and tinkering with it to improve it.” KindRunningNextRaceGenerationsCarBuildingCamerasShopsSomething NewRacingEnginesImprovingNext GenerationRace CarRunning BackCar RacingTinkeringConstantly Improving Author:James Cameron
“I tried not to write about the O.J. Simpson case too much because so much has already been said about it, but there are a lot of questions left worth asking. However, the case is very useful to illustrate other points. The case is a common reference point because everybody knows the ins and outs of it, more than any other case in this generation, so it becomes useful to reference other points. In itself, there aren't that many questions about it that remain unanswered.” KnowsWritingSaidLeftCommonCasesToo MuchGenerationsAskingThis GenerationUnanswered Author:Bill James
“I've grown up in a generation that questions God for setting boundaries. Does He have the right to set boundaries? I've grown up in a generation that thinks where meeting with a God is an ordinary thing.” ThinkingDoeChristianLeadershipChurchGenerationsOrdinaryMeetingsBoundariesSettingSettingsOrdinary Things Author:Francis Chan
“What is this generation of students worth? It's worth everything.” ChristianLeadershipChurchGenerationsStudentsWorth ItThis Generation Author:Andy Stanley