My family has been in medicine for generations,

My family has lived here for eight generations. Compare that with recent Argentine presidents who are only second generation. I find their claim offensive.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it

There's something very youthful about going through the generations without getting lost in them. I've always felt that I'm a little bit behind in the race. But I'm in the race, and then when they least expect it, I come out ahead.

My family, we are three generations of cookbook writers,

It has been a long-cherished wish of our family to provide future generations of Californians an unspoiled, beautiful venue with a magnificent view of the Pacific.