Quotes with next-generation

Quotes 321 till 340 of 530.

  • George Carlin Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.
    George Carlin
    American stand-up comedian, actor and author (1937 - 2008)
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  • Katharine Hepburn Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
    Katharine Hepburn
    American Actress, Writer (1907 - 2003)
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  • Arthur Hays Sulzberger 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.
    Arthur Hays Sulzberger
    American newspaper publisher (1891 - 1968)
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  • Arlen Specter Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.
    Arlen Specter
    American lawyer, author, and politician (1930 - 2012)
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  • Samuel Johnson Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. The world is not yet exhausted; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • John Bunyan Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
    John Bunyan
    British writer (1628 - 1688)
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  • Hunter S. Thompson That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer - he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation.
    Hunter S. Thompson
    American journalist (1937 - 2005)
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  • John Stuart Mill That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • Bobby Fischer That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Bob Barr 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.'
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Barry McGuire The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else.
    Barry McGuire
    American singer-songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin The biggest benefit of Apollo was the inspiration it gave to a growing generation to get into science and aerospace.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Anthony Kennedy The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done.
    Anthony Kennedy
    American lawyer and jurist (1936 - )
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  • Herman Melville The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.
    Herman Melville
    American author (1819 - 1891)
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  • Gertrude Stein The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.
    Gertrude Stein
    American author (1874 - 1946)
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  • Brandon Cruz The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they were all looking at me kind of weird. I told them that Bill always taught me that whenever something bad like that happens, the best thing to do is work.
    Brandon Cruz
    American actor (1962 - )
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  • Nolan Bushnell The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
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  • W. H. Auden The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Bruce Dern The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life.
    Bruce Dern
    American actor (1936 - )
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  • Bob Graham The doctors have given me a green light. They have said that my heart is significantly more efficient today than it was four months ago. And I am anxious to be the next president of the United States.
    Bob Graham
    American politician and author (1936 - )
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