Generally Quotes

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Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them. — Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it. — Stephen Sondheim
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's… — Stephen Sondheim
A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it. — Susan Sontag
The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen… — George Soros
Rekindled love is generally short-term. — Nicholas Sparks
The imaginations of believers have dressed up and exaggerated the excellence of the style and matter of the New Testament generally, in the same manner,… — Lysander Spooner
It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people. — Bruce Springsteen
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. — Charles Spurgeon
A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best… — Leland Stanford
Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything. — Gertrude Stein
He who slings mud generally loses ground. — Adlai E. Stevenson
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Between 21-30 women go through humungous changes. After that, they've generally achieved what they wanted, and they're more settled. — Rod Stewart
I've never lost perspective on who I am. Well, maybe briefly, but generally I'm pretty balanced. — Sting
I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm it out to somebody else. I don't… — Mark Strong
The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay. — William Graham Sumner
The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic… — James Surowiecki
Standards wars involve lots of variables, and understanding them often seems more an art than a science. They generally involve just two big players, and… — James Surowiecki
When Americans are asked to rank professions in terms of honesty and ethics, insurance agents routinely end up near the bottom of the list -… — James Surowiecki

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