"The influence of individual character extends from generation to generation."

Macleod, Iain | Influence | 3 bookmarks

"That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next."

Mill, John Stuart | Wisdom | 3 bookmarks

"A revolution does not last more than fifteen years, the period which coincides with the flourishing of a generation."

Gasset, Jose Ortega Y | Revolutions and Revolutionaries | 2 bookmarks

"My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses."

Paglia, Camille | Twentieth Century | 1 bookmarks

"What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity."

Crosland, Anthony | Generations | 2 bookmarks

"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new."

Thoreau, Henry David | Conventionality | 2 bookmarks

"Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers."

Mumford, Lewis | Parents and Parenting | 3 bookmarks

"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future."

Heinlein, Robert | History and Historians | 12 bookmarks

"Each new generation is a fresh invasion of savages."

Allen, Hervey | Civilization | 2 bookmarks

"What we need is a generation of peace."

Nehru, Jawaharlal | Peace | 1 bookmarks