Generally Quotes

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Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious - there was generally some reason for it. — John Galsworthy
He said he would come in,' the White Queen went on, `because he was looking for a hippopotamus. Now, as it happened, there wasn't such… — Lewis Carroll
Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have… — Anne Frank
Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do.… — Dalai Lama
It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice: 'only today I happen to have a headache.' (Tweedledum) — Lewis Carroll
Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in… — Margery Williams
Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to… — Henry James
In politics as in religion, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most others, is to… — George Washington
But then books, as I'm sure you know, seldom prompt a course of action. Books generally just confirm you in what you have, perhaps unwittingly,… — Alan Bennett
The poet or the revolutionary is there to articulate the necessity, but until the people themselves apprehend it, nothing can happen ... Perhaps it can't… — James A. Baldwin
Psychoanalysis is a science conducted by lunatics for lunatics. They are generally concerned with proving that people are irresponsible; and they certainly succeed in proving… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It's true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort in.… — Leif Enger
Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy… — John Hodgman
It was not generally realized that what children mostly wanted was to be left alone. — Ian Mcewan
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. — Harper Lee
Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors… — Douglas Adams
Every single one of us is a little civilization built on the ruins of any number of preceding civilizations, but with our own variant notions… — Marilynne Robinson
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears… — Jane Austen

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