Quotes by Generations Simonides, a poet famous in his generation, is, I think, author of the oldest satire that is now extant, and, as some say, of the first that was ever written. Joseph Addison generationsfirststhinking There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by time. Jostein Gaarder foolgenerationsearth Sometimes the serpent is represented as a circle eating its own tail. That’s an image of life. Life sheds one generation after another, to be born again. The serpent represents immortal energy and consciousness engaged in the field of time, constantly throwing off death and being born again. There is something tremendously terrifying about life when you look at it that way. And so the serpent carries in itself the sense of both the fascination and the terror of life. Joseph Campbell generationscirclestails I want people to have their own visions for the dance. Some generations will sit back and relate to the music. And the young people ...they'll have the dance right in front of them. Judith Jamison generationsvisionpeople In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer. Joss Whedon vampiregenerationsdarkness There is the expectation that a younger generation has the opportunity to redeem the crimes and failings of their elders and would have the strength and idealism to do so. Joyce Carol Oates generationsexpectationsopportunity I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with whether my actual art will be preserved for future generations or be erased. Judy Chicago immortalitygenerationsart My grandmother could never have written a memoir, so 'The Gravedigger's Daughter' is a homage to her life, and to the lives of other young women of her generation, which are so rarely articulated. Joyce Carol Oates grandmothergenerationsdaughter Art is fueled by rebellion: the need, in some amounting to obsessions, to resist what is, to defy one's elders, even to the point of ostracism; to define oneself, and by extension one's generation, as new, novel, ungovernable. Joyce Carol Oates ostracismgenerationsart My grandmother's generation and generations before always saw beyond the horizons of their own lives and their own circumstances. They believed that opportunity created today would lead to prosperity tomorrow. Julian Castro grandmothergenerationsopportunity In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. Julian Castro generationslinesdream You know, I come from six generations of college graduates. Julian Bond generationssixcollege Because we can expect future generations to be richer than we are, no matter what we do about resources, asking us to refrain from using resources now so that future generations can have them later is like asking the poor to make gifts to the rich. Julian Simon using-resourcesgenerationsasking I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really good people leave clues that help feed the human race. That's my aspiration. Julian Casablancas generationsracepeople I was in the generation of CDs, so when I moved to L.A., I think I probably brought my Shania Twain Come on Over CD. But if I lived in the '80s, I would definitely be the one going to the record stores. Julianne Hough cdsgenerationsthinking This generation is burning the mass media to the ground. Julian Assange this-generationgenerationsmedia There are generations of people who have never seen a big plate painting in person. And they don't know what the hell they look like, they don't know what it feels like to stand in a room with them. Julian Schnabel generationspeoplelooks The generation of women who came before us did much of our shouting. They laid the groundwork and now we can be calm and constant and steady. Julianna Baggott shoutingcalmgenerations I really have a generation gap about modern clothes. Julie Harris gapsclothesgenerations Passion has been in my DNA for generations. Julio Iglesias generationspassiondna«4344454647484950515253»
