General Quotes

3621 General quotes by 2393 unique authors

Acting, in general, is something most people think they're incapable of, but they do it from morning to night. The subtlest acting I've ever seen… — Marlon Brando
It was like sawdust, the unhappiness: it infiltrated everything, everything was a problem, everything made her cry - school, homework, boyfriends, the future, the lack… — Melanie Thernstrom
Leave the fishing-rod, Great General, to us sovereigns of Pharos and Canopus. Your game is cities and kings and continents. — Cleopatra
Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for… — Samuel Johnson
Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey of a wit to his home town: yet such pleasures… — Samuel Johnson
We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy accidents — Thomas B. Macaulay
All general judgments are loose and imperfect — Michel de Montaigne
The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence of its truth — Clarence Darrow
I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general. — Thomas Jefferson
If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would go into the advertising business in preference to almost any… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Genius is of no country; her pure ray Spreads all abroad, as general as the day. — Charles Churchill
I've been going to shopping malls since I was on General Hospital. — Richard Simmons
A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which creates… — Francois Arago
It is general knowledge for anyone interested in color that subdued value, intensity and hue make for quieter, less adventuresome interiors. Stronger approaches need stronger… — Van Day Truex
Not all design is for the general good. — Paola Antonelli
It will be cheering to know that many people are skillful chessplayers, though in many instances their brains, in a general way, compare unfavorably with… — Unknown Author
Already published reports, as well as our own observations indicate that smallpox vaccination sometimes produces manifestations of leukemia. In children and adults observed in the… — Unknown Author
We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in a way quite… — Richard Reti
Often you will find the opposite situation. The author seems to have interesting ideas, but he is not able to illustrate them with decent examples.… — Mark Dvoretsky
Dot the i's, cross the t's, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the… — Tom Peters
He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind… — Olympia Brown
Only great and general battles can produce great results — Carl von Clausewitz
The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one general scheme, under which it strives to bring everything. — George Santayana
Much of the big media outlets in North America are owned by arms manufacturers, like Westinghouse, or G.E. [General Electric]. That's unacceptable. So we're not… — Denis Halliday
Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. — Joseph Rotblat

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