General Quotes

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In general people experience their present naively, as it were, without being able to form an estimate of its contents; they have first to put… — Sigmund Freud
I voted against Gerald Nabarro in my first general election, but my defiance made no difference. If you had put a Conservative rosette on a… — Jeremy Paxman
Since inequalities of privilege are greater than could possibly be defended rationally, the intelligence of privileged groups is usually applied to the task of inventing… — Reinhold Niebuhr
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense,… — Gouverneur Morris
Faith, sympathy - fiery faith and fiery sympathy! Life is nothing, death is nothing, hunger nothing, cold nothing. Glory unto the Lord - march on,… — Swami Vivekananda
KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of… — Ambrose Bierce
The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential branch of liberty,… — John Peter Zenger
The general uncertainty about the prospects of medical treatment is socially handled by rigid entry requirements. These are designed to reduce the uncertainty in the… — Kenneth Arrow
Markets are interested in profits and profits only; service, quality, and general affluence are different functions altogether. The universal, democratic prosperity that Americans now look… — Thomas Frank
Each man is afraid of his neighbor's disapproval - a thing which, to the general run of the human race, is more dreaded than wolves… — Mark Twain
When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered… — James Whitcomb Riley
Old golfers don't win (it's not an absolute, it's a general rule). Why? The older golfer can hit the ball as far as the young… — Paul Arden
George Grant's writing is an invaluable asset to Americans in general, and to the pro-life Americans in particular. I am grateful for his leadership and… — Beverly LaHaye
We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are… — Steve Albini
Modern man receives a large part of his knowledge and general education by way of pictorial impressions, illustrations, photographs, films. Daily newspapers bring more pictures… — Otto Neurath
Educate ourselves; educate other people, the population in general, to fight fear and ignorance, to eliminate little by little the subjection to nature and natural… — Amilcar Cabral
But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened a… — Walter Isaacson
I think it's really good that you have great competition among news networks, and for that matter all the networks in general. It's bringing more… — Walter Isaacson
I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go… — Zhuangzi
I felt shame - I see this clearly, now - at the instinctive recognition in myself of an awful enfeebling fatalism, a sense that the… — Joseph O'Neill
When it came to the 2000 election, 84 percent of Ivy League faculty voted for Al Gore, 6 percent for Ralph Nader and 9 percent… — Walter E. Williams
My art tends toward the literary. My pictures tend toward the outskirts of painting: But why generalize? It is possible to realize one thing or… — James Ensor
Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures. — James McHenry
But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
People say that being a vegan creates a social problem in that others may react negatively. But isnt that the case if you take a… — Gary L. Francione

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