Generalizations Quotes

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Intellectuals ... regard over-simplification as the original sin of the mind and have no use for the slogans, the unqualified assertions and sweeping generalizations. — Aldous Huxley
The stumbling way in which even the ablest of the scientists in every generation have had to fight through thickets of erroneous observations, misleading generalizations,… — James Bryant Conant
Darwin based his theory on generalizations that were strictly empirical. You can go out and see that organisms do vary, that variations are inherited, and… — George C. Williams
Good teaching is creating really interesting generalizations out of war stories. — Derek Bok
I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical nature to things, so you don't want to start… — Jeffrey Jones
Only the great generalizations survive. The sharp words of the Declaration of Independence, lampooned then and since as 'glittering generalities,' have turned out blazing ubiquities… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
It is one of the more striking generalizations of biochemistry - which surprisingly is hardly ever mentioned in the biochemical textbooks - that the twenty… — Francis Crick
It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people. — Roger Ebert
I think one of the things you have to learn if you're going to create believable characters is never to make generalizations about groups of… — Mark Haddon
People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations — Graham Greene
All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to… — Ellen DeGeneres
All generalizations are false, including this one. — Mark Twain
The highest of generalizations is the synergetic integration of truth and love. — R. Buckminster Fuller
There is nothing particularly scientific about excessive caution. Science thrives on daring generalizations. — Lancelot Hogben
The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the… — Derek Bok
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one. — Alexandre Dumas
Usually, thinking may end up widen our imaginations that creates nonsense generalizations. — Glemar
I think people took Grenada for what it turned out to be, which was a very specific incident and from which one couldn't necessarily make… — John Negroponte

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