General Rule Quotes

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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself. — Alexander Graham Bell
I mean, most actresses can't host and most hostesses can't act, and that's the general rule in the industry. — Brooke Burke
Persons drinking coffee, as a general rule, eat less, though coffee, and also tea, have little direct food value; but they retard the waste of… — Maria Parloa
The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as… — Erle Stanley Gardner
As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it. — Benjamin Disraeli
I think it is the general rule that the originator of a new idea is not the most suitable person to develop it, because his… — Paul Dirac
As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception. — Paul Haggis
[It] may be laid down as a general rule that, if the result of a long series of precise observations approximates a simple relation so… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned to the goodness… — Alexander Hamilton
My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen. — Natalie Portman
If anything, as a general rule, the cheaper the movie the more creative the experience, generally speaking. Its not to denigrate expensive movies. I dont… — Alfred Molina
I'm not a people person. I'm not sociable. I have been and I can be, but not as a general rule. — John Simm
The best conducting technique is that which achieves the maximum musical result with the minimum effort. The only general rule is to infuse all gestures… — Fritz Reiner
What I noticed at Grace-Calvary is the same thing I notice whenever people aim to solve their conflicts with one another by turning to the… — Barbara Brown Taylor
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God. — Barbara Brown Taylor
I don't hate myself, as a general rule. I'd say the best way to describe it is that I have moments of self-loathing at fairly… — Janeane Garofalo
As a general rule, so long as you have any choice at all, you should never route through or peer with the UK under any… — Edward Snowden
I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress. — Maurice Wilkins
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. — Margaret Oliphant
As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love for work is not at all an inborn characteristic: it is created by economic pressure… — Leon Trotsky

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