Generally Speaking Quotes

120 Generally Speaking quotes by 109 unique authors

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
Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves… — Gordon B. Hinckley
It is not that I do not get angry. I don't give vent to my anger. I cultivate the quality of patience as angerlessness, and… — Mahatma Gandhi
People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent. — Jostein Gaarder
Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other. Generally speaking, these meetings occur when we reach a limit,… — Paulo Coelho
Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems. — Pseudonymous Bosch
The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is… — Karl Marx
I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in… — A. Lee Martinez
Life isn't supposed to be easy. Generally speaking, the harder something is the more rewarding the results will be. — C.C. Hunter
I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where Iâ€™ve never been. — Diane Arbus
Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored — Alice Walker
Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead. — Patricia C. Wrede
Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready… — Hugh Laurie
The madness of depression is, generally speaking, the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the… — William Styron
You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best. — Kate Atkinson
All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their… — Aristotle
I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind. — H. L. Mencken
The idea that addiction is somehow a psychological illness is, I think, totally ridiculous. It's as psychological as malaria. It's a matter of exposure. People,… — William S. Burroughs
Generally speaking, companies get into bankruptcy as a kind of meritocracy. Somebody made some sort of big mistake, to get into bankruptcy, and very often,… — Wilbur Ross

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