Generalisation Quotes
- It surely can be no offence to state, that the progress of science has led to new views, and that the consequences that can be… — Henry De la Beche
- The traveller must, of course, always be cautious of the overly broad generalisation. But I am an American, and a paucity of data does not… — George Saunders
- If I was going to make a broad generalisation, I'd say that I prefer the company of women. People know now that I live with… — Saffron Burrows
- I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music, but I don't… — Taio Cruz
- The increasing technicality of the terminology employed is also a serious difficulty. It has become necessary to learn an extensive vocabulary before a book in… — Thomas George Bonney
- It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in our present society… — Alfred North Whitehead
- 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
- I just don't believe in generalisations. — Julian Fellowes
- In a vacuum all photons travel at the same speed. They slow down when travelling through air or water or glass. Photons of different energies… — Jeanette Winterson
- I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate. — Agatha Christie
- It is a popular delusion that the scientific enquirer is under an obligation not to go beyond generalisation of observed facts...but anyone who is practically… — Thomas Huxley
- Chimps can do all sorts of things we thought that only we could do - like tool-making and abstraction and generalisation. They can learn a… — Jane Goodall
- I take offense at that generalisation. Not all women sit around and obsess about men, as soon as my relationships are over, I move on. — Samantha Jones