Generally Quotes

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And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share. — Geraldine Brooks
Humans generally get out the gist of what they need to say right at the beginning, then spend forever qualifying, contradicting, burnishing or taking important… — Richard Ford
most of my wandering in the desert i've done alone. not so much from choice as from necessity - i generally prefer to go into… — Edward Abbey
Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because the… — Hannah Arendt
But the sun itself, however beneficent, generally, was less kind to Coketown than hard frost, and rarely looked intently into any of its closer regions… — Charles Dickens
The landscape is best described as 'pedestrian hostile.' It's pointless to try to take a walk, so I generally just stay in the room and… — David Sedaris
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we… — Swami Vivekananda
I'm sorry about your face." Jamie looked over his shoulder, and touched the demon's mark crawling along his jaw with the back of his hand.… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Addicts, as a group, generally score far above average o intelligence tests. Why? You tell me. I guess maybe we're smart enough to have figured… — James Frey
He gave me an inscrutable look that said maybe he would and maybe he wouldn't. Mister was a cat, and cats generally considered it the… — Jim Butcher
Generally, women can't do this, but men retain the ancient ability to leave a family and a past. They just unhook themselves, like removing a… — Zadie Smith
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybodyâ€™s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception… — Jonathan Swift
I have the belief in boldness. What I generally lack is the boldness itself. Because boldness doesn't feel bold. It feels scared not brave. — Denis Johnson
This was the kind of job that made legends out of hunters. Of course, to be a legend, you generally had to be dead. — Nalini Singh
I may have been dead for the past hundred and fifty years, Susannah,...but that doesn't mean I don't know how people say good night. And… — Meg Cabot
Time will generally lessen the interest of every attachment not within the daily circle. — Jane Austen
It is dangerous to be an American Negro male. America has never wanted its Negroes to be men, and does not, generally, treat them as… — James A. Baldwin
We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in… — Fred Rogers
Normal people dont generally find their homes ransacked by demons. — Cassandra Clare
My dear creature, I have done with all debate. But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes… — Patrick O'Brian

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