General Quotes

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In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. He who never sacrificed a present to a… — Horace Mann
As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement. — Joseph Conrad
Rugby football is a game I can't claim absolutely to understand in all its niceties, if you know what I mean. I can follow the… — P.G. Wodehouse
PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune.… — Ambrose Bierce
Whatever happened to the good old days: you know, dirty attics, tuberculosis and general all-round suffering? — Arnold Wesker
If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own. — David Eddings
The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sophie, my dog, is the high in the highlights of my life. Even through rain, snow, ice, and general laziness, she is the reason I… — Lauren Bacall
The outstanding feature, however, is the possibility that the velocity-distance relation may represent the de Sitter effect, and hence that numerical data may be introduced… — Edwin Powell Hubble
On the left-hand side of the field equation we may add the fundamental tensor guv, multiplied by a universal constant, -λ, at present unknown, without… — Albert Einstein
If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase. — Matt Blunt
I look at modeling as something I'm doing for black people in general. — Naomi Campbell
I think it has other roots, has to do, in part, with a general anxiety in contemporary life... nuclear bombs, inequality of possibility and chance,… — Leonard Baskin
The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves the communal good.… — Laozi
Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced his resignation on Thursday, leaves a dismal legacy at the Justice Department, but one of his legal innovations was… — Edwin Meese
As a former U.S. attorney general under President Reagan, and a former Ohio secretary of state, we would like to say something that might strike… — Edwin Meese
Last year, I twice voted against the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill because it did not adequately fund education in general, and Native American… — Rick Renzi
Whenever you hear anyone talking about a cultural or even about a human problem, you should never forget to inquire who the speaker really is.… — Carl Jung
In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing with general principles,… — William Strunk, Jr.
The progress of Science consists in observing interconnections and in showing with a patient ingenuity that the events of this ever-shifting world are but examples… — Alfred North Whitehead
It is noble in its administration: to think and let think, beyond the narrow contracted prejudices of bitter sectarians in these modern times. It is… — Harry S. Truman
Masonry, according to the general acceptation of the term, is an art founded on the principles of geometry, and devoted to the service and convenience… — William Howard Taft
In our own time the whole of Greece has been subject to a low birth rate and a general decrease of the population, owing to… — Polybius
The less control people had over their work, the higher their blood pressure during work hours. Moreover, blood pressure at home was unrelated to the… — Sheena Iyengar

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