Generally Quotes
2030 quotes by 1473 authors
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The films I grew up loving, and the art that I love, is not generally the kind of postmodern ironic winking stuff. What lasts is…
— James Gray
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I was always told that I was good in mathematics, and I guess my grades and standardized test scores supported that. My worst subjects were…
— Henry Petroski
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Critics, at least generally, want to regard works of fiction as independent entities, whose virtues and failures must be reckoned apart from the circumstances of…
— Paul Di Filippo
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Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media, resulting in extensive coverage of the craze, said phenomenon…
— Paul Di Filippo
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The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time.
— John Mackey
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Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books.
— Richard Flanagan
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Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different.
— George Santayana
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Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to…
— John Stuart Mill
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I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.
— Frank Moore Colby
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There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest,…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
— Dale Carnegie
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Generally speaking, when a woman offers unsolicited advice or tries to help a man, she has no idea of how critical and unloving he may…
— John Gray
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Here in Davos, it is generally assumed that there is now only one god - the market.
— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up…
— King George V
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There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention.…
— Tim Roth
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I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there.…
— Dusty Baker
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What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because…
— Michael Connelly
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But it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into fourth powers, or generally any power beyond the square…
— Pierre de Fermat
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Greater public recognition will also be critical in encouraging prevention and early intervention, and more generally in building public support to meet the challenges of…
— Julie Bishop
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