“What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.”

“The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.”

“All it takes,” said Crake, “is the elimination of one generation. One generation of anything. Beetles, trees, microbes, scientists, speakers of French, whatever. Break the link in time between one generation and the next, and it’s game over forever.”

“The next generation will always surpass the previous one. It's one of the never-ending cycles in life.”

“The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.”

“Geneticists will tell you that. Evolution is always happening. What they mean is that the genes of this generation are not precisely what they were the preceding generation. Nor will they be precisely the same in the next. And evolution is that change.”

“Any given generation gives the next generation advice that the given generation should have been given by the previous generation but now it's too late.”

“Somebody asked me what I thought next generation meant and what about the PlayStation 3 was next generation. The only next gen system I've seen is the Wii - the PS3 and the Xbox 360 feel like better versions of the last, but pretty much the same game with incremental improvement.”

“That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.”

“The next generation of sustainable companies need to evolve their business practices to ones of shared values.”