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3621 General quotes by 2393 unique authors

I just think that there's so much judgment in the world, whether it's coming from women in general or from men onto women - it's… — Hilary Duff
An amino acid residue (other than glycine) has no symmetry elements. The general operation of conversion of one residue of a single chain into a… — Linus Pauling
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase "It is… — C. Northcote Parkinson
The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved. — John Bardeen
We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of… — Tim Berners-Lee
I have often asked Americans wherein they consider their freedom superior to that of the English, but have never found them able to indicate a… — James Bryce
The rub is that the pursuit of happiness, as an end in itself, tends automatically, and widely, to be replaced by the pursuit of pleasure… — Whittaker Chambers
Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty… — John Dewey
We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy… — Katharine Graham
An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in which… — Thomas Jefferson
It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his own miseries without… — Samuel Johnson
Every man has frequent grievances which only the solicitude of friendship will discover and remedy, and which would remain for ever unheeded in the mighty… — Samuel Johnson
Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their… — Samuel Johnson
The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given… — Samuel Johnson
God is less careful than General Motors, for He floods the world with factory rejects. — Mignon McLaughlin
There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but… — Michel de Montaigne
Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force. — Thomas Jefferson
With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them… — James Madison
The first of all qualities of a general is courage. — David McCullough
Increases in money supply are what constitute inflation, and a general rise in prices is the symptom. — Walter E. Williams
Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government . . . can never be in danger of degenerating into a… — George Washington
The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the compact, acting as… — John C. Calhoun
Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up to regret publicly that such… — Michael Faraday
In the course of individual development, inherited characters appear, in general, earlier than adaptive ones, and the earlier a certain character appears in ontogeny, the… — Ernst Haeckel
In-depth studies have an influence on general ideas, whereas theories, in turn, in order to maintain themselves, push their spectators to search for new evidence.… — Louis Agassiz

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