Quotes of: Generation-gap Keyword

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

Lois Lowry

The problem with meditating is I generally go to sleep, and that's because I'm doing it wrong.

Margaret Atwood

In adolescence students are suddenly turned loose on books worth reading, but generally don’t know how to read them.

Martin Buber

Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.

Michael Douglas

A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.

Mary Wortley Montagu

The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

Richard Stallman

I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!

R. L. Stine

There is nothing in the world or the Church — except the church's disobedience — to render the evangelization of the world in this generation an impossibility.

Robert Speer

Generally, I've found that a heckler in an improv audience is just enjoying the show so much that they want to be in it.

Scott Adsit

Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.

Sergio Aragones

I don't take myself too seriously. I think that's something so many actors and people in general tend to do.

Skylar Astin

If you are setting a goal without understanding the reason for it, then maybe you should reevaluate the goal in general.

Dr. Stan Beecham

A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now.

Scott Cook

There is insufficient support for the police and safety and law enforcement, in general, in the city council.

Steve Chabot

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

Stokely Carmichael

A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.

Martha Plimpton

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.

Martin Cruz Smith

I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress.

Maurice Wilkins

I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.

Mike White

The war educated a generation of believers in force. The demons of hatred and murder then released continue their activity.

Nikolai A. Berdyaev

I want to be able to infuse some youthful energy and comedy while appreciating the generations before.

Neil Patrick Harris