Quotes by Our Generation Our generation is wonderful generation, full of wonder. It's very hard to find an example of it in all our history. Composed of contradictions — light and darkness mixed. Abraham Isaac Kook our-generationlightdarkness People complain that our generation has no philosophers. They are wrong. They now sit in another faculty. Their names are Max Planck and Albert Einstein. Upon appointment as the first president of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, Berlin, formed for the advancement of science. Adolf von Harnack our-generationnamespeople Looking back 25 years later, what I may say is that the facts have been far better than the dreams. In the long course of cell life on this earth it remained, for our age for our generation, to receive the full ownership of our inheritance. Albert Claude our-generationcellsdream Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary force since prehistoric man's discovery of fire. This basic force of the universe cannot be fitted into the outmoded concept of narrow nationalisms. Albert Einstein our-generationfiremen I'm not a genius. I just worked really, really hard, and I want our generation, our children and our future generations to realize that they can fulfill the same dreams. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa our-generationdreamchildren It is interesting seeing young people these days and watching how unimportant music is in their lives compared with our generation. Alison Moyet our-generationpeopleinteresting Undefined Christianity is not a problem in our generation. It is defined Christianity that brings the rub. Alistair Begg our-generationgenerationsproblem [T]he presence of feminism in our lives is taken for granted. For our generation, feminism is like fluoride. We scarcely notice we have it - it's simply in the water. Amy Richards our-generationtakenwater Now, the vicissitudes that afflict the individual have their source in society. It is this situation that has given currency to the phrase social forces. Personal relations have given way to impersonal ones. The Great Society has arrived and the task of our generation is to bring it under control. The study of how it is to be done is the function of politics. Aneurin Bevan our-generationgenerationstasks If you turn on the TV, you're going to get a certain palate, and if you go looking underneath the surface, there's a whole lot of stuff there that I think a lot of our generation would be really interested in. Ani DiFranco our-generationwould-bethinking We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed. Together we notice not only each mountain shadow and each stone on the beach but, especially, we notice the beautiful faces and complex natures of each other. We are here to bring to consciousness the beauty and power that are around us and to praise the people who are here with us. We witness our generation and our times. We watch the weather. Otherwise, creation would be playing to an empty house. Annie Dillard our-generationbeautifulbeach Education is the civil rights issue of our generation. Arne Duncan our-generationissuesrights Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and say that making systems work - whether in healthcare, education, climate change, making a pathway out of poverty - is the great task of our generation as a whole. Atul Gawande our-generationmotivationinspiration I think the gap between Israelis and Palestinians is too deep to be bridged in our generation. Politically, we are in favor of a regional solution. A part of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) should be annexed by Israel, and the other parts should be incorporated in a confederation with Jordan. Ayelet Shaked our-generationisraelthinking This is the moral challenge of our generation. Not only are the eyes of the world upon us. More important, succeeding generations depend on us. We cannot rob our children of their future. Ban Ki-moon our-generationeyechildren Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what’s needed to be done. Today we are called once more — and it is time for our generation to answer that call. For that is our unyielding faith — that in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it. Barack Obama our-generationoddscountry I find it amusing that those who helped to authorize and engineer the biggest foreign policy disaster in our generation are now criticizing me for making sure that we are on the right battlefield and not the wrong battlefield in the war against terrorism. Barack Obama our-generationgenerationswar It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth - a rising, thriving middle class. Barack Obama our-generationclassamerica To break our addiction to oil is one of the greatest challenges that our generation will have to master. Barack Obama our-generationaddictionoil Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt like we were all there. Everyone from our generation was there and was at Woodstock. Bill Ayers our-generationchicagopeople12345678»
