#genera

Hip Hop Generation “captures the collective hopes and nightmares, ambitions and failures of those who would otherwise be described as “post-this” or “post-that.” ↗

— Jeff Chain in "Can't Stop Won't Stop A History of the Hip-Hop Generation "

#hip-hop #music #society #society-thinking #music

Generalization is a natural human mental process, and many generalizations are true—in average. What often does promote evil behavior is the lazy, nasty habit of believing that generalizations have anything at all to do with individuals. ↗

— David Brin

#evil #generalization #generalizations #individual #individuals

The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken. ↗

— Justine Larbalestier

#human-nature #intergenerational-relations #parents #nature

Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#science #science

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#fashion #generation #fashion

There are always exceptions to every generalization. [A Christian Epilogue] ↗

— John B. Cobb Jr.

#generalizations #r-alan-woods #r-alan-woods

In essence I find that the foundation of modern conservatism is driven by a clinging to God in fear of the world, whereas the foundation of modern liberalism is a clinging to the world in fear of God; albeit, the true foundation should be one's clinging to God in fear of God. ↗

— Criss Jami

#belief #clinging #conservatism #conservative #essence

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. ↗

— John Adams

#cannot #general #general knowledge #knowledge #liberty

A good general rule is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste, and vice versa. ↗

— Stephen Potter

#bouquet #general #general rule #good #rule

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to each new generation. ↗

— Lawrence Clark Powell

#author #being #book #classic #continuing