"There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. "

Roosevelt, Franklin D. | Uncategorised | 1 bookmarks

"Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another."

Joubert, Joseph | Monuments | 2 bookmarks

"The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents."

Lockwood, Belva | Precedents | 2 bookmarks

"A great person is one who affects the mind of their generation."

Disraeli, Benjamin | Greatness | 1 bookmarks

"Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors."

Cioran, E. M. | Injustice | 4 bookmarks

"Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing."

Disraeli, Benjamin | Opinions | 1 bookmarks

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

Mumford, Lewis | Parents and Parenting | 3 bookmarks

"The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control."

Nash, Ogden | Happiness | 2 bookmarks

"A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation."

Clarke, James Freeman | Politicians and Politics | 2 bookmarks

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

Heinlein, Robert | History and Historians | 10 bookmarks