General Quotes

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I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common. — Ernest Thompson Seton
I am presenting here today both revolution and anarchy, for which I am fortunately not the only one responsible. However, anarchy cannot survive and prosper… — Andre Michel Lwoff
The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know, with almost superhuman abilities. A… — Ulysses S. Grant
A rise in wages, from an alteration in the value of money, produces a general effect on price, and for that reason it produces no… — David Ricardo
Barack Obama has done more than anyone else to promote the dangerous illusion that we can choose whether to have a war or not. But… — Thomas Sowell
Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits.… — Thomas Sowell
Everyone accepts that there are inevitably little areas of secrecy reserved for specialists; as regards things in general, many believe they are in on the… — Guy Debord
By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given with it, though, is the… — Georg Simmel
The fate of an epoch that has eaten of the tree of knowledge is that it must...recognize that general views of life and the universe… — Max Weber
Entering in the narrow gate is allowing Him to define your life, and not in general terms. See, there's your problem. 'Oh, Jesus is everything… — Paul Washer
If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom of all of… — George Crook
Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount… — Julia Child
An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence. — Irving Kristol
The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
There are three ways of securing a society that shall be stable as regards population. The first is that of birth control, the second that… — Bertrand Russell
The strength in gold is revealing the general weakness in the dollar. — Peter Schiff
Language forms a kind of wealth, which all can make use of at once without causing any diminution of the store, and which thus admits… — Auguste Comte
In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the habit-forming luxuries which… — Thomas Merton
Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness. — Alex Van Halen
I do not share the general view that market forces are the basis for political liberty. Every time I see a homeless person living in… — Tony Benn
When there’s an ache, you want to be like aspirin, not vitamins. Aspirin solves a very particular problem someone has, whereas vitamins are a general… — Reed Hastings
Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented. — Adam Kinzinger
I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did… — Edwin M. Stanton
Why isn’t the fact that 100,000 women choose to end their pregnancies regarded as a national tragedy approaching the scale, say, of Aboriginal life expectancy… — Tony Abbott
The remission to Abu Bakar Bashir is not a reflection on the individual per se rather than the application of the remission program, which is… — Marty Natalegawa

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