Generally Quotes

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Generally in war the best policy is to take a state intact; to ruin it is inferior to this. — Sun Tzu
Compared to gardeners, I think it is generally agreed that others understand very little about anything of consequence. — Henry Mitchell
Even today a good many distinguished minds seem unable to accept or even to understand that from a source of noise natural selection alone and… — Jacques Monod
Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than indecision. — Bernhard Langer
The most unpresentable persons are generally the most interesting. — Teresa de la Parra
There is generally not any conscious thought; it's all instinct, and practice takes over. — Cindy Nelson
The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to ourselves, where we… — Sogyal Rinpoche
One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves… — Abraham Lincoln
He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is small compared to… — Celia Thaxter
The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. — Charles Dudley Warner
Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Generally speaking, I think it is unbecoming to act as a national hero, wave hands and so on. — Vitaly Scherbo
The essence of sports is that while you're doing it, nothing else matters, but after you stop, there is a place, generally not very important,… — Roger Bannister
When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people with… — Fran Lebowitz
To me there never has been a higher source of honour or distinction than that connected with advances in science. I have not possessed enough… — Humphry Davy
He who neither drinks, nor smokes, nor dances, he who preaches & even occasionally practice piety, temperance and celibacy, is generally a saint, or a… — Sam Manekshaw
It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic… — Leo Buscaglia
I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking. — Benjamin Franklin
Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing. — Benjamin Disraeli

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