#this generation

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#actions #appalling #bad #bad people #generation

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

#concentrating #generation #ignoring #immense #negative

If we hold true to our ideals and our commitment to freedom, this generation of servicemen and women will have extended liberty to the Iraqi people, just as previous generations of Americans have all across the globe. ↗

— Jim Talent

#commitment #extended #freedom #generation #generations

It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast foods, to buy it expensive educations. Those things don't mean anything unless this generation has a future. And we're not sure that it does. ↗

— George Wald

#breakfast #buy #care #does #educations

This generation is so dead. You ask a kid, 'What are you doing this Saturday?' and they'll be playing video games or watching cable, instead of building model cars or airplanes or doing something creative. Kids today never say, 'Man, I'm really into remote-controlled steamboats.' ↗

— Jack White

#building #cable #cars #creative #dead

This generation should entertain this generation. It's only fair. When I was a kid, I mowed the lawn. Now, somebody else's kid can mow the lawn. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#entertain #fair #generation #i #kid

Haldeman is the only man in America in this generation who let his hair grow for a courtroom appearance. ↗

— Mary McGrory

#appearance #courtroom #generation #grow #hair

There is something about this generation living now, that we don't accept death. ↗

— Elena Anaya

#accept #death #generation #living #now

This generation... they have a different attitude. Instead of sitting and watching something, they want to be a part of it - they're very hedonistic and sensual. ↗

— Steve Wynn

#different #different attitude #generation #hedonistic #instead

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. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#destiny #events #expected #generation #generations