Generation

Generation

Generation (from the Latin generāre, meaning "to beget"), also known as procreation in biological sciences, is the act of producing offspring.

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Famous quotes containing the word generation:

    “Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.”
    —E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)

    “In all our efforts to provide “advantages” we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured and over-organized generation of youngsters in our history—and possibly the unhappiest. We seem hell-bent on eliminating much of childhood.”
    —Eda Le Shan (b. 1922)

    “Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)