Generally Quotes

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For some reason, I grew up generally believing that Japan and Korea were quite friendly. I do know that there is some bad history and… — Joichi Ito
'E's all'ot sand an' ginger when alive, An''e's generally shammin' when'e's dead. — Rudyard Kipling
Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom. — Thomas Jefferson
A discovery is generally an unforeseen relation not included in theory. — Claude Bernard
I believe that the BBC, in spite of the stupidity of its foreign propaganda and the unbearable voices of its announcers, is very truthful. It… — George Orwell
People who record birdsong generally do it very early-before six o'clock-if they can. Soon after that, the invasion of distant noise in most woodland becomes… — Richard Adams
They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims;… — Samuel Johnson
Woman is generally so bad that the difference between a good and a bad woman scarcely exists. — Leo Tolstoy
Lincoln's reference to government of the people, by the people, for the people is a generally satisfactory definition of democracy. I say generally because when… — George Aiken
The mind generally takes up various objects, runs into all sorts of things. That is the lower state. There is a higher state of the… — Swami Vivekananda
A part of control is learning to correct your own weaknesses. The person doesn't live who was born with everything. Sometimes he has one weak… — Babe Ruth
I consider it important, indeed urgently necessary, for intellectual workers to get together, both to protect their own economic status and, also, generally speaking, to… — Albert Einstein
Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as… — Thucydides
In time of peril, like the needle to the loadstone, obedience, irrespective of rank, generally flies to him who is best fitted to command. — Herman Melville
I am generally a very happy and easygoing person. I also believe it's always better to meet people with a smile rather than looking cold,… — Heidi Klum
I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that… — Lakhdar Brahimi
No matter when you had been to this spot before, a thousand years ago or a hundred thousand years ago, or if you came back… — Neil Armstrong
The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, â€” but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense. — John Maynard Keynes
How many of us are able to distinguish between the odors of noon and midnight, or of winter and summer, or of a windy spell… — Lin Yutang
If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease… — William Godwin

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