Generally Quotes

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Will a guaranteed annual wage kill incentive among the poor? If a man is given a certain amount of security, won't he quit working? Exactly… — Pierre Berton
In the United States, commentators recognize that, generally speaking, most people who hold liberal positions over a range of issues will likely vote Democratic, while… — Stockwell Day
A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that… — Eyvind Johnson
What is generally termed reality is, to be precise, a frothy nothing. — Hugo Ball
I generally concentrate on work for three or four hours every morning. I sit at my desk and focus totally on what Iâ€™m writing. I… — Haruki Murakami
The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing. — Oliver Goldsmith
There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is… — Benjamin Franklin
Once you have grace," I said to him, "you are free. Without it, you cannot help doing the things you know you should not do,… — Thomas Merton
Students generally have very little idea of the world they are entering into, and their teachers - like parents - are viewed as beings who… — Marian Bantjes
The meanest inhabitants by their constant attendance generally form the majority and outvote the gentlemen, merchants and all the better Inhabitants! — William Shirley
The more men, generally speaking, will do for a Dollar when they make it, the more that Dollar will do for them when they spend… — William J. H. Boetcker
You find actually over the years that you get attributed with a lot of things you didn't do and you don't get reported on a… — Peter Costello
We should be surprised that a matter that generally plays such an important part in the life of man has hitherto been almost entirely disregarded… — Arthur Schopenhauer
A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior men. ... Yet… — H. L. Mencken
Before the end of December, generally, they experience their first thawing. Those which a month ago were sour, crabbed, and quite unpalatable to the civilized… — Henry David Thoreau
Men are rather beholden ... generally to chance or anything else, than to logic, for the invention of arts and sciences. — Francis Bacon
Intertwingularity is not generally acknowledged - people keep pretending they can make things deeply hierarchical, categorizable and sequential when they can't. Everything is deeply intertwingled. — Ted Nelson
Errors of omission, lost opportunities, are generally more critical than errors of commission. Organizations fail or decline more frequently because of what they did not… — Russell L. Ackoff
Rugby backs can be identified because they generally have clean jerseys and identifiable partings in their hair... come the revolution the backs will be the… — Peter FitzSimons
Reputation is generally proof of how little one knows about a person. — Wes Fesler

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