Generational Ties Quotes

When the father dies, he writes, the son becomes his own father and his own son. He looks at is son and sees himself in the face of the boy. He imagines what the boy sees when he looks at him and finds himself becoming his own father. Inexplicably, he is moved by this. It is not just the sight of the boy that moves him, not even the thought of standing inside his father, but what he sees in the boy of his own vanished past. It is a nostalgia for his own life that he feels, perhaps, a memory of his own boyhood as a son to his father.

My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral

When we talk about mortality, we are talking about our children.

Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield.

We say this is a land of immigrants, and we forget that this was a land that belonged to people. And those of us who are new immigrants and those of us who come from generations of immigrants have to realize we are not that much different from one another.

I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.

I don't think there's any better present than something passed down from your mama, no matter what it is.

I'm so excited to be carrying on in Dad's footsteps and making sure that everything he worked so hard for continues for the generations to come.

My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together.

I was born and raised in L.A. My father was born and raised in L.A. So we're old hands here.

The least anyone can do is pay attention to their parents and people who are elder to them.

My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

I'm a fourth-generation New Yorker. My family has been in New York for many, many years.

When I get some time off, I like to go back to my roots in the North East. My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

One thing that's great about seeing your kids is you see things that you admired in your parents.

Can one generation bind another and all others in succession forever? I think not. The Creator has made the earth for the living, not the dead.

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them.

The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.

Passed down from generation to generation, storytelling was an art in my family.

The family has always been the cornerstone of American society. Our families nurture, preserve, and pass on to each succeeding generation the values we share and cherish, values that are the foundation of our freedoms.

I'm a fifth generation Washingtonian and I was born and raised here. My kid's a sixth generation Washingtonian. Honestly I wish people didn't move because I love the people of the city.

My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too.

I'm a second-generation migrant. My parents came to this country from Pakistan, just like the Windrush generation.

I'm a sixth-generation Texan, even though I was born in California.