Generalisation Quote by Agatha Christie

To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.

— William Blake

“To generalize is to be an idiot," said Blake. Perhaps he went too far. But to generalize is to be a finite mind. Generalities…

— C.S. Lewis

I just don't believe in generalisations.

— Julian Fellowes

All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularity is indispensable to the creations of the imagination.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Generalization, especially risky generalization, is one of the chief methods by which knowledge proceeds... Safe generalizations are usually rather boring. Delete that "usually rather."…

— Joseph Epstein

No generalization is wholly true—not even this one.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

I'm always careful in generalising things.

— Sebastian Kurz

All generalisations - perhaps except this one - are false.

— Kurt Gödel

The word generalization in literature usually means covering too much territory too thinly to be persuasive, let alone convincing. In science, however, a generalization…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

“All generalizations are questionable.”

— Sandor Schuman

All generalizations are false, including this one.

— Anonymous