General Quotes

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When my opponent's clock is going I discuss general considerations in an internal dialogue with myself. When my own clock is going I analyse conctrete… — Mikhail Botvinnik
Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations,… — Alexander Herzen
Nuclear weapons production and testing has involved extensive health and environmental damage .... One of the most remarkable features of this damage has been the… — Arjun Makhijani
So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness,… — Duncan Sheik
We need merely understand that the evolutionary process is neither random nor determined but creative. It follows the general pattern of all creativity. While there… — Thomas Berry
I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented. — Kathy Valentine
The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual. — Maximilien Robespierre
...those who sit at their work and are therefore called 'chair workers,' such as cobblers and tailors, suffer from their own particular diseases ... [T]hese… — Bernardino Ramazzini
I talked to General Downer about some of the funding about the National Guard and some of the civil defense workers, the firefighters, the police… — Lynn Westmoreland
When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.… — Adolf Galland
Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth. — Alexander Kotov
I thought it was too wacky for the general public. On his original opinion of his movie's chances for success, 1997. — George Lucas
True knowledge of good and evil as we possess is merely abstract or general, and the judgment which we pass on the order of things… — Baruch Spinoza
I know I have been portrayed as a general looking for war. Many other headlines speak of that. That's what people say. But I understand… — Ariel Sharon
All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in his joyless mind… — George Orwell
A good general chooses his battlefield. — Unknown Author
What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind-then all the rest is prejudice, simply artificial… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The principle is so perfectly general that no particular application of it is possible. — George Polya
It seems to be a general rule that sciences begin their development with the unusual. They have to develop considerable sophistication before they interest themselves… — Ralph Linton
A habit of basing convictions upon evidence, and of giving to them only that degree or certainty which the evidence warrants, would, if it became… — Bertrand Russell
Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude, I shall apply… — Rene Descartes
The first degree of proficiency is, in painting, what grammar is in literature, a general preparation for whatever the student may afterward choose for more… — Joshua Reynolds
It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first and second half… — B. C. Forbes
The actions of the police division today will be to assist the church for the funeral. We anticipate that a fairly large crowd will be… — Unknown Author
It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in… — Charles Horton Cooley

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