General Quotes

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Sadly, a U.S. invasion of Iraq 'would threaten the whole stability of the Middle East' - or so Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League,… — Mark Steyn
The thing I want to do is put as many new ideas into the law as I can, to show how particular solutions involve general… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
But it pleased God to visit us then with death daily, and with so general a disease that the living were scarce able to bury… — William Bradford
I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive… — Chantal Kreviazuk
The rapture will not be secret but open and manifest. Its purpose will not be to whisk the elect away from the earth for a… — R C Sproul
You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe. — Charlie Crist
Fortunately, because of the spread of smart devices, people take games for granted now. It's a good thing for us, because we do not have… — Shigeru Miyamoto
In any war who pulls their general out? No one. — Ray Lewis
So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own… — Karlheinz Stockhausen
I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966… — Roald Hoffmann
It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the field of general chemistry, the… — Wilhelm Ostwald
Since the general or prevailing opinion on any subject is rarely or never the whole truth, it is only by the collision of adverse opinion… — John Stuart Mill
I think that laughter and smiling are some of the best antidotes to ageing that you could possibly have. In general, I pretty much think… — Demi Moore
A general principle for all user interface design is to go through all of your design elements and remove them one at a time. — Jakob Nielsen
It is a sobering fact that the prominence of central banks in this century has coincided with a general tendency towards more inflation, not less.… — Paul Volcker
The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in futility). — George Soros
In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years. — Sam Altman
There are an awful lot of people in the world and it's going to be terribly hard to photograph all of them... It was my… — Diane Arbus
At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment], the general, if… — Joseph Story
Every man, however obscure, however far removed from the general recognition, is one of a group of men impressible for good, and impressible for evil,… — Charles Dickens
As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture. — Edmond de Goncourt
The paradox of the English country house is that its state of permanent decline, the fact that its heyday is always behind it, is part… — Lev Grossman
And, moreover, it is art in its most general and comprehensive form that is here discussed, for the dialogue embraces everything connected with it, from… — Friedrich Schleiermacher
Society in General Always Seems to Honor its Living Conformists & its Dead Troublemakers — Wayne Dyer
There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly… — Peter L. Berger

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