Human beings... are far too prone to generalize from one…

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.

— Eric Hoffer

Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization.

— Jack Schwartz

When I made TV shows, people called them regressive. Clearly, everyone wants to generalize everything, but I like to choose a middle path.

— Ekta Kapoor

If the United States has to accept the U.N. resolutions, we have to generalize it across the board. We can't just pick and choose…

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

I want to be very careful about judging and how much to generalize about the use of media being pathological. For some people, it's…

— Howard Rheingold

Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I definitely don't generalize and put everybody in the same cup of water.

— Cole Hauser

“There was, for starters, the tendency of everyone who actually played the game to generalize wildly from his own experience. People always thought their…

— Michael Lewis

“To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.”

— William Blake

Perhaps it will be simplest to throw away the tags and generalize India with one all-comprehensive name, as the Land of Wonders.

— Mark Twain

I hate to generalize because there are always so many exceptions to any rule.

— Gish Jen

“To think is to forget differences, generalize, make abstractions.”

— Angela Harris

You can go back and try to generalize, but then you end up saying things that all editors say about everything that ever gets…

— Lorin Stein

To generalize is to be an idiot.

— William Blake

“When we generalize and judge people quickly without taking ample time, we've chosen a shortcut. It's superficial of us, and a lack of wisdom.”

— Assegid Habtewold