Generally Quotes

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Generally, elders are among the more reverent members of the Church, but there is no law prescribing their age. — William Brewster
There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally… — Robert Fortune
The mathematician who after seeing Phedre asked: 'Qu'est que ca prouve?' was not such a fool as he has been generally made out. No one… — W. Somerset Maugham
I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened.… — George Combe
The rulers of the country generally believed that betting eliminates strikes. Men had to work in order to gamble. — Michael Ondaatje
You will observe with concern how long a useful truth may be known, and exist, before it is generally received and practiced on. — Benjamin Franklin
Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work. — Sally Schneider
Crimes generally punish themselves. — Oliver Goldsmith
The libertarian sees the State as a giant gang of organized criminals, who live off the theft called "taxation" and use the proceeds to kill,… — Murray Rothbard
If I'm going to fly for more than twenty feet it's generally a good idea to get a stunt guy. — Joe Flanigan
The critics are generally wrong, or they're fifteen, twenty years late. It's a great shame. They miss out on a lot. — Ray Bradbury
Were the judgments of mankind correct, custom would be regulated by the good. But it is often far otherwise in point of fact; for, whatever… — John Calvin
The tyranny imposed on the soul by anger, or fear, or lust, or pain, or envy, or desire, I generally call 'injustice.' — Plato
Generally it is our failures that civilize us. Triumph confirms us in our habits. — Clive James
Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law — Auberon Waugh
Generally, when you let go of your vision of how something is supposed to be, the universe hands you exactly what you need. — Sheryl Crow
Man generally is entangled in insoluble problems; history is consequently a tragedy in which we are all involved, whose keynote is anxiety and frustration, not… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
How I loathe the servitude people try to hold up to me as being so valuable. I pity the man who is condemned to it,… — Andre Breton
When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported… — Claude Bernard
It has long been a theory of mine and I am known, if I do say so, for my long theories that authors, generally speaking,… — Cleveland Amory

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