“The ethical life... is maintained in being by a common culture, which also upholds the togetherness of society... Unlike the modern youth culture, a common culture sanctifies the adult state, to which it offers rites of passage.” StatesLife IsCultureCommonModernYouthOffersAdultsEthicalPassagesTogethernessRiteSanctifyYouth CultureRite Of PassageCommon CultureModern Youth Book:Modern Culture Source: Modern Culture
“In our long and obsessive passion for youth, we have - more than any other modern society - avoided direct approach to age and to dying by denying them in word, in fact, and - above all - in worth.” LongFactsAgePassionModernDyingYouthApproachDirectAgingAvoidedObsessiveModern SocietyDirect Approach Author:Marya Mannes
“Insolent youth rides, now, in the whirlwind. For those modern iconoclasts who are without culture possess, apparently, all the courage.” CultureCourageModernYouthWhirlwindInsolent Author:Ellen Glasgow
“I love movies to death. I spent my entire youth in front of a TV watching old movies and as soon as I was able to get a subway pass when I was 14 I joined the Museum of Modern Art and was there all weekend watching old movies.” ArtAbleModernFrontsYouthTvsMuseumsWeekendSubwayModern ArtMovie LoveOld Movie Author:Amy Heckerling
“Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.” LongStatesUnitedUnited StatesModernYouthRewardsAdministrationOrgansUnfairSuperficialObserversLegislatureFetishSenility Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“There was never any question about Scholesy's quality as a footballer. He was known as the little ginger magician in the youth team. Some reckon he's the best United player of the modern era, and there's a case for saying that. You don't hear him blowing his own trumpet, though - he just gets on with his job. He's the real deal.” LittlesRealJobsUnitedDealsQualityKnownCasesPlayerTeamModernYouthErasMagicianFootballerTrumpetsGingerModern Era Author:Steve Bruce
“I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.” FeelsInterestModernYouthMethodOverwhelmingEmployedDaylightAbductionModern Youth Author:Georgette Heyer
“Great Music, it said, and Great Poetry would like quieten Modern Youth down and make Modern Youth more Civilized. Civilized my syphilised yarbles.” SaidModernYouthDown AndCivilizedGreat MusicClockworkGreat PoetryModern Youth Book:A Clockwork Orange (Restored Text) Source: A Clockwork Orange (Restored Text)