General Quotes

3621 General quotes by 2393 unique authors

We mistakenly assume that bodily survival has a higher precedence than ego survival. This is simply not generally true. Ego will happily destroy the body… — Karl Marlantes
I am not anarchist. I have nothing against government or law enforcement in general. It is solely for the reason that this govt has legalized… — Eric Rudolph
The bath soothes the nerves. It promotes general perspiration, quickens the circulation, overcomes obstruction in the system, and acts beneficially on the kidneys and the… — Ellen G. White
The transfer of [...] capabilities from various professional classes to the general public is epochal. — Clay Shirky
I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it my business only… — Brother Lawrence
First, the year 2004, the year past, the Comptroller General of the United States, David A. Walker, said that arguably it was the worst year… — Jim Cooper
General Systems Theory, a related modern concept [to holism], says that each variable in any system interacts with the other variables so thoroughly that cause… — Marilyn Ferguson
I've been on such a losing streak that if I had been around I would have taken General Custer and given points. — Joe E. Lewis
We're stuck. We're stuck between the East and the West. Between the past and the future. On the one hand there are the secular modernists,… — Elif Safak
It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things,… — Ferdinand Christian Baur
The general public believes that if a health claim is on the label the government backs that up, ... This sells food products, no question. — Marion Nestle
All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war,… — Unknown Author
In general, democracy and individualism have advanced in spite of and often against specific economic interest. Both democracy and individualism have been based upon financial… — John Ralston Saul
All this has been very formative in both my research and my teaching, so I value it enormously in my life. It's why I'm a… — Unknown Author
Authors in general don’t have a lot of money, and lawsuits are expensive. — James D. Macdonald
It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all of his mistakes. They say there are two sides to everything.… — Edwin Lefevre
I didn't think it would be possible, but it appears Isiah Thomas is a worse general manager than coach..... — Mark Boyle
The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government — Thomas Jefferson
I have all these opinions about the dancers but they should be kept to myself. No one consults me. I keep asking to be invited… — Daryl Morey
Enlightened social engineering is required to face situations that demand global action now. Education is a long-term solution. Parents and the general public must be… — John Goodlad
Landscapes, even when their general type is similar, are capable of as many expressions as the same type of human face, and, without our being… — William Hurrell Mallock
Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind. — Sally Pearson
War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings...but no one has for those reasons yet sought to celebrate earthquakes and… — Ludwig von Mises
The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know. — Noam Chomsky
A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer, public masturbator, and general all-round… — Steve Lacy

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