Generally Quotes

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One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally we are ignored… — Billy Collins
It is generally admitted that the most beautiful qualities of a color are in its transparent state, applied over a white ground with the light… — Maxfield Parrish
Good designers must always be avant-gardists, always one step ahead of the times. They should â€“ and must â€“ question everything generally thought to be… — Dieter Rams
When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they're… — Robert McKee
Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything. — Wislawa Szymborska
Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse. — Allan Massie
Girls are generally recognized as superior mimics. Those with [Asperger's Syndrome] hold back and observe until they learn the 'rules', then imitate their way through… — Tony Attwood
It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair. — Mariella Frostrup
The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put into our wills… — Chauncey Wright
To be an architect is to possess an individual voice speaking a generally understood language of form. — Robert A. M. Stern
There are, broadly speaking, two kinds of workers in the world, the people who do all the work, and the people who think they do… — Stella Benson
And generally the shows I'm in fail really big. — Megan Gallagher
To remember a successful salad is generally to remember a successful dinner; at all events, the perfect dinner necessarily includes the perfect salad. — George Ellwanger
The most precise work is generally done by hand, with hand tools. Some people rely on machines for their precision, and my way of working… — Martin Puryear
If I only drink beer, nothing stronger, then by the end of the night I can generally recognize myself as a reasonable human being, and… — Robert Black
For when it is the good that is under consideration, and the ethical object is predominant, truth must be considered more in reference to art… — Friedrich Schleiermacher
Human beings may hate a distant enemy in theory, but they generally prefer to kill their neighbors. — Ralph Peters
The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of fourteen hours intervenes between then… — Patrick MacGill
Generally, I've got to say that all sounds, musics, noises since conception are bound to have influenced me. — Hugh Hopper
He who is good at excuses is generally good for nothing else. — Samuel Foote

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