Quotes by Generations Most influential of all is the philosopher Stanley Cavell, and a younger generation of philosophers who have attempted to follow his pioneering work in thinking about literature philosophically. Philip Kitcher generationsliteraturethinking I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can look back to the shapes we leave here and get the same thrill that I get in looking back at theirs - at the Parthenon, at Chartres Cathedral. Philip Johnson thrillgenerationslooks A bomb under the West car park at Twickenham on an international day would end fascism in England for a generation. Philip Toynbee bombsgenerationscar Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends came back, forever changed. So there were a lot of questions. Phillip Noyce generationsaustraliaforever With technology, we can achieve universal access to secondary education within a generation. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka generationstechnologyinspiring Frigidity is largely nonsense. It is this generation's catchword, one only vaguely understood and constantly misused. Frigid women are few. There is a host of diffident and slow-ripening ones. Phyllis McGinley this-generationgenerationssex It is pure illusion to think that an opinion which passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false. Pierre Bayle generationsmaythinking In a few generations you can breed a racehorse. The recipe for making a man like Delacroix is less well known. Pierre-Auguste Renoir generationsrecipesmen Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life. Pierre de Coubertin generationseffortambition The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generation as it arrives on the threshold of adulthood. Pierre de Coubertin ordinary-worldgenerationsgames Whole generations have forgotten history. Pierre Salinger generationswholeforgotten My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to different generations. Pierre Loti generationsdifferentbrother The future is in the hands of those who can give tomorrow's generations valid reasons to live and hope. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin generationsgivinghands The environment is God's gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility towards the poor, towards future generations, and towards humanity as a whole. Pope Benedict XVI generationsresponsibilityhumanity Around the world, we can see the results of exploitation which destroys much without taking future generations into account. Today, all men have a duty to show themselves worthy of the mission given them by the Creator by ensuring the safekeeping of that creation. Pope John Paul II generationsmenworld We cannot interfere in one area of the ecosystem without paying due attention to both the consequences of such interference in other areas and to the well-being of future generations. Pope John Paul II ecosystemsgenerationsattention The mortal nature is seeking as far as is possible to be everlasting and immortal: and this is only to be attained by generation, because the new is always left in the place of the old. Plato everlastingimmortalitygenerations Dear young people, let me now ask you a question. What will you leave to the next generation? Are you building your lives on firm foundations, building something that will endure? Pope Benedict XVI foundationgenerationspeople The goods of creation belong to humanity as a whole. Yet the current pace of environmental exploitation is seriously endangering the supply of certain natural resources not only for the present generation, but above all for generations to come. Pope Benedict XVI environmentalgenerationshumanity The ecological crisis shows the urgency of a solidarity which embraces time and space... A greater sense of intergenerational solidarity is urgently needed. Future generations cannot be saddled with the cost of our use of common environmental resources. Pope Benedict XVI environmentalgenerationsspace«6465666768697071727374»
