General Quotes

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I was with the U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the day that Srebrenica fell, which happened to be a huge historical turning point in the… — Michael Ignatieff
To be governed is, under pretext of public utility and in the name of the general interest, to be laid under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Linear programming can be viewed as part of a great revolutionary development which has given mankind the ability to state general goals and to lay… — George Dantzig
Armstrong, sitting in the commander's seat, spacesuit on, helmet on, plugged into electrical and environmental umbilical's, is the man who is not only a machine… — Norman Mailer
Being general manager is like being the de facto owner. It's like wearing the crown of 'Restaurant Man' without being 'Restaurant Man.' You're trying to… — Joe Bastianich
I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can. — Avicii
I've always worn a lot of Ralph Lauren, and plaid shirts in general have been a signature piece for me. With plaid, you can look… — Avicii
No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments. — Dmitri Mendeleev
Bill and Hillary Clinton have one central idea in their uncluttered, ambitious minds: Hillary in 2008. Let Bush get re-elected, use the '04 primaries and… — Dick Morris
Proverbs, and the wisdom literature in general, counter the idea that being spiritual means handing all decisions over to the leading of the Lord. The… — Graeme Goldsworthy
Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the given material and, to varying… — Earle Brown
Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts. — J L Austin
Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general. — Elliott Erwitt
How many of us are able to distinguish between the odors of noon and midnight, or of winter and summer, or of a windy spell… — Lin Yutang
The best way to study is to go to the Cecchetti method for about a year and draw onto all the highest points and then… — Ninette de Valois
To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural background must first… — U Thant
Before the code, women on screen took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, held down professional positions… — Mick LaSalle
Well, hey, let's just make everything into a closure, and then we'll have our general garbage collector, installed by 'use less memory'. — Larry Wall
In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency. — Larry Wall
A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous. — Carl Andre
I am never in a hurry to reach details. First and above all I am interested in the large masses and the general character of… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
The theory of the determination of wages in a free market is simply a special case of the general theory of value. Wages are the… — Sir John Richard Hicks
A general flat minimum-wage law for all industry is permissible, but I do not think that it is a particularly wise method of achieving the… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The discoveries which we make abroad are special and particular; those which we make at home are general and significant. The further off, the nearer… — Henry David Thoreau
...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world;… — Abraham Lincoln

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