Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the gene...

Who said "Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the gene... "?

"Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the gene... " is one of a famous quotes by Olive Schreiner. Complete quote is as follows;
"Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist."

What is "Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the gene... "?

"Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist." This is a quote by Olive Schreiner which is about Dreams & Fathersday. He is known to have been associated with numerous other thought provoking quotes on these topics like;

• Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.
• Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

What does "Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the gene... " mean?

This quote is primarily about Fathersday although it also includes other themes like Dreams & Fathersday. It is attributed to Olive Schreiner. Complete quote is as follows;
"Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist."