Avoid Quote by Jack Schwartz Download Open image “Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization.” — Jack Schwartz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Avoid Context Generalization Generalize Keep Repeating
To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess. — William Blake Copy Share Image
Generalization, especially risky generalization, is one of the chief methods by which knowledge proceeds... Safe generalizations are usually rather boring. Delete that "usually rather."… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave. — William Blake Copy Share Image
“To generalize is to be an idiot," said Blake. Perhaps he went too far. But to generalize is to be a finite mind. Generalities… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularity is indispensable to the creations of the imagination. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
“Prefer the specific to the general, the definite to the vague, the concrete to the abstract.” — William Strunk Jr Copy Share Image
This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
The situation in the West Bank and Gaza involves a military occupation amid urban guerrilla warfare, analogous to the British security measures in Northern… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about. — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
The evidence of a Jewish civilization going back more than two millennia is overwhelmingly borne out in the archaeology of the region. The heritage… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
Without a Jewish state, the iron truth of history is that the Jewish people sooner or later become even more vulnerable to the next… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
Jewish and Palestinian nationalism are virtually contemporaneous, and grew out of the disruptions that created new national movements from the ruins of the old… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
More recently, as faith gave way to materialism, anti-Semitism assumed a secular mode, harnessing itself to the dominant ideologies of both the Left and… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
The metaphor of Exodus is one that has dogged the Jews from the outset. Their very success attracts resentment. — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior. — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
By eating many fruits and vegetables in place of fast food and junk food, people could avoid obesity. — David H. Murdock Copy Share Image
Becoming famous is a really shocking thing, especially when you don't have aspirations to it. It got to the point where I would try… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments. — Quentin Blake Copy Share Image
The shelves of many evangelicals are full of books that point out the flaws in evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Patients' lives are more important than embryos. I do want to avoid the use of embryos if possible. — Shinya Yamanaka Copy Share Image
I studiously avoid any academic dissections of the play and any kind of previous experience of playing. For me, it's all in the play. — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some… — Martin Short Copy Share Image
God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves. — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Because Techstars is an intensely productive three-month program in which product development and iteration are primary goals, we're constantly looking to streamline our program… — David Cohen Copy Share Image
Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
