Quotes of: Generation-gap Keyword

History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.

Letters of Thomas Jefferson

As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped.

The Last Olympian

On closer examination, we are simply a banal tragedy spread over two generations.

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Once a day has begun eventfully, it generally carries on being every bit as lively.

Tubutsch

Save the sugar for some other girl. This one’s had it up to here with people in general.

Poisoned Apple

The generation that had information, but no context. Butter, but no bread. Craving, but no longing.

The Uncoupling

A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid.

Ivor Novello

In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of their countrymen in just causes.

Virginia Foxx

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

Mason Cooley

While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments.

Jimmy Wales

I'd say in general, my style is Johnny Weir style. It's my style. I can't classify it as anything else.

Johnny Weir

Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.

Novalis

Running for attorney general troubled me. Because I was worried I would simply become just a figurehead and that's not me.

Pam Bondi

I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.

Penn Jillette

I am so happy that every generation still tunes into most of the classic and cult films I was lucky to be a part of.

P. J. Soles

Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one.

Paul Wolfowitz

Friction and misunderstandings often occur when communicating across generations. It gets even more challenging when working across virtual settings.

Raymond Arroyo

In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine ('vet') its nominees for high public office.

Richard V. Allen

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class.

Roger Ebert

In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes out of the more commercial system.

Ralph Fiennes

It's almost a rite of passage for the middle-aged, it seems, to invent generational stereotypes for dumping on the young.

Robin Marantz Henig