Generally Quotes
2030 quotes by 1495 authors
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General notions are generally wrong.
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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The threat is generally more terrifying than the thing itself.
— Saul Alinsky
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My only fixed truth is a belief in people, a conviction that if people have the opportunity to act freely and the power to control…
— Saul Alinsky
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People who are afraid to go to horror movies are generally afraid their whole lives. People say to me, 'Do you have nightmares?' I never…
— Stan Winston
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The world generally speaking is now drifting on a more and more devastating course towards the absurd target of extermination - or rather, to be…
— Alva Myrdal
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The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear…
— Fredrik Bajer
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The only option for a creative person was constant motion—a lifetime of busy whirligigging in a generally forward direction, until you couldn’t do it any…
— Meg Wolitzer
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God offers us counsel not just for our own safety but for the safety of His other children, whom we should love. There are few…
— Henry B. Eyring
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I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where it's raining, it's terribly cold, I'm wet and I'm…
— Sam Neill
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I don't think there's anything innately erotic about pigs. But, generally, they are sweet, shy, mysterious creatures. Especially the little ones. When they get big,…
— Kim Deal
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The things we truly love, the things forming the basis and roots of our being, are generally things we never look at. A huge piece…
— Jean Dubuffet
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of…
— Jerome Bruner
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The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something or changing stuff…
— Banksy
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Politicians generally do the right thing only when all other options are exhausted.
— Daniel J. Mitchell
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Within a single scene, it seems to be unwise to have access to the inner reflections of more than one character. The reader generally needs…
— John Ciardi
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The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its 'debt' in the…
— William Graham Sumner
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Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally…
— Rachel Zoe
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The good part of Christmas is not always Christian -- it is generally Pagan; that is to say, human, natural.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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Jehovah was not a moral god. He had all the vices and he lacked all the virtues. He generally carried out all his threats, but…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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