Famous quotes containing the words thousand and/or generations:
“Ye taught my lips a single speech,
And a thousand silences.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Being a parent is unlike any previous job—the results of any one action are not clearly visible for a long time, if at all.”
—Anonymous Mother. As quoted in Between Generations by Ellen Galinsky, ch. 2 (1981)