Generation Quotations | Page 8

As a Green, my goal is to put a smile on the face of the coming generations.

In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human beings on virtually any topic, at any time, and in every nook and cranny on the globe. This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.

The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word No.

Until it's understood to involve justice for those in poverty, a future for generations yet unborn, and a commitment to the rest of creation, it's unlikely we'll be able to overcome the status quo.

The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed to question authority, not question those who question authority.

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

We are talking about the next generation of the CBC. We are a family, and the family goes from generation to generation.

We are talking about the next generation of the CBC, ... We are a family, and the family goes from generation to generation.

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

What has been forgotten is that there were major intellectual breakthroughs in the 1960s, thanks to North American writers of an older generation. There was a rupture in continuity, since most young people influenced by those breakthroughs did not enter the professions.