“Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.” — Henry Adams Quote

“Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.”

“Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.”

“American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.”

“Do the right things, respect your elders, respect your teachers, continue to work hard, and if you are religious and you have some type of faith... pray.”

“As a child, I was raised by native Hawaiian elders - three old women who took care of me while my parents worked.”

“I think it's fantastic when the young enrage their elders. I really do believe that if it's too loud, you are indeed too old, and that if it has been standing for too long, it needs a thorough inspection.”