Quotes of: Generation-gap Keyword

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

Frank Moore Colby

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

W. Somerset Maugham

I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.

Abel Korzeniowski

I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality.

Donald Judd

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

Edward Hopper

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.

Gertrude Stein

We don't know what the next generation of art is going to look like. We're kind of making it up as we go along. Not unlike the tech industry.

Hasan M. Elahi

Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it's not science, it's an exploration, but you never find much in the way of answers.

Tim O'Brien

She asked me if I wanted to have sex, and I replied, “With you, or in general?

$3.33

It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their Personal Legend.

The Alchemist

Like enthusiasts in general, he made no inquiries into details of procedure.

Jude the Obscure

Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals.

Middlemarch

It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they have been persecuted.

Maurice

If old age is good for anything it's good for being generous.

Mrs. Queen Takes the Train

The most unpresentable persons are generally the most interesting.

Las memorias de Mamá Blanca

I'm surprised he doesn't reach for a wet nap to rid his hands of my general poorness.

The Liberator

I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table." Macbeth

Macbeth

A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.

Pearls are a Nuisance

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

A Treatise of Human Nature

Once, I had a dream of fame. Generally, even then, I was lonely.

Wittgenstein's Mistress

I feel like that religions generally ask the biggest questions. They may not always have the best answers, but they're the zone of human activity that regularly asks the biggest questions.

Ayad Akhtar