Generations Quotations | Page 7

May our children and our children's children to a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under those glorious institutions bequeathed us by Washington and his compeers.

Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do.

I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.

And I was shocked to see the mistakes of each generation will just fade like a radio station, if we drive out of range.

Think about it. Right now, a whole generation of young (customers) in the United States has been brought up to take computers for granted. Pointing a mouse is no more mysterious to them than hitting the "on" button on the television is to their parents.

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.

My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.

Never before in our country's history has a generation been so empowered, so wealthy, so privileged - and yet so empty.

I have been into many of the ancient cathedrals - grand, wonderful, mysterious. But I always leave them with a feeling of indignation because of the generations of human beings who have struggled in poverty to build these altars to the unknown god.

Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.