Shia LaBeouf Quotes

A lot of youth today have become very narrow and conservative in a way, whereas we in the older generation are kind of living it.

When I look at certain aspects of popular culture - not everything because I like a lot of things - sometimes my heart breaks a little bit, just a little bit. I begin to ponder what happened to this generation, I don't know.

You've got first-generation Americans here who are going to be poorer than their parents. That's never happened in the States before, and it's going to have massive social repercussions here.

We are the generation that came of age in an ageless society.

I think the children of Hollywood are more influential than the parents.

Each generation wants their own form of entertainment and their own form of storytelling.

I consider 'Dope' a part of the new mainstream.

Youngsters in Punjab don't follow Bollywood. They know about Drake, Rihanna and the relationship between Beyonce and Jay Z.

For millennials, being a geek is a positive thing, and we see people proudly self-identifying themselves as geeks.

A song's lyrics can't be held culprit for the overall change in society.

The students [of the 60's] substituted conspicuous compassion for their parents' conspicuous consumption.

The 60s were a continuation of the 50s much more than people realized. Certainly in some countries, like Britain, there was still a culture of deference, whereas in the 70s we really are in a time of angry transition. The generation that came into young adulthood in the 70s couldn't find jobs; that wasn't true in my generation. They entered a time when two depressing things hit them both at the same time.

Every generation has their favorite Spider-Man television show.

These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here

Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.

We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.

It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

The kids are interested in the music of them. They're not interested in mop-tops and Beatle boots and crazy suits. It's all down to the music now - that's what they hear, and that's what they love.

Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you'd see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater? That's what rock 'n' roll is becoming. It's your parents' music.

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels.

During the sixties, all the risk-type sports were very popular, because everybody was rebelling against their parents, or rebelling against the whole system. But those days are over. This is the day of conservatism.

Parents feel like immigrants in the country of the young.

I was born to poor because of honest parents.