General Principles Quotes

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The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it is fatal to neglect, but… — Nassau William Senior
To derive two or three general Principles of Motion from PhÃ¦nomena, and afterwards to tell us how the Properties and Actions of all corporeal Things… — Isaac Newton
Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and… — Arthur Conan Doyle
An artist who brings to his work a mind tolerably furnished with the general principles of art, and a taste formed upon the works of… — Joshua Reynolds
Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it had its dangers,… — Charles de Lint
The new tinge to modern minds is a vehement and passionate interest in the relation of general principles to irreducible and stubborn facts. All the… — Alfred North Whitehead
Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era. — Al Sharpton
I didn't approve of murder on general principles. Not even of people who seemed to go around begging for it. — Josh Lanyon
What is less often noticed is that it is precisely the kind of moral instruction that parents are constantly trying to give their children â€”… — J I Packer
The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot. — Paolo Sorrentino
Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political,… — John Boyd Orr
Jules, if you give that fuckin' nimrod fifteen hundred dollars, I'm gonna shoot him on general principles. -Vincent — Pulp Fiction

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