General Quote by Diane Arbus

“Fiction should be specific rather than general, because people are specific.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Prefer the specific to the general, the definite to the vague, the concrete to the abstract.”

— William Strunk Jr

First, those images help us understand the general and specific magnitude of disaster caused by the tsunami. The huge outpouring of aid would not…

— Bruce Jackson

At the WTO, it's never a general surgery. It's always a very specific, clinical, precise surgery - and you can't miss the target. If…

— Roberto Azevedo

Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.

— Zig Ziglar

If you start out trying to achieve a specific thing - like doing stadium shows or going into the studio and doing an album…

— George Strait

When I campaign with seniors, it's always, 'Are you a Democrat or Republican?' But when I campaign on college campuses, they ask me where…

— Aaron Schock

I have a mole in my eye, which is a very specific thing.

— Susan Kelechi Watson

I definitely hand myself over to the hair and makeup gods of 'Girls.' Our look on the show is very specific, and it's different…

— Allison Williams

“specific values to objects. When they have to give something up, they are hurt more than they are pleased if they acquire the very…

— Richard H. Thaler

I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and…

— Chris Bohjalian

It's still true that literary works by women, gays, and writers of color are often framed as specific, rather than universal, small rather than…

— Cheryl Strayed