General Quotes

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general.

When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.

Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook.

Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car.

Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader.

But I think the guys are very happy to accommodate the people and that's part of golf in general.

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world.

The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc.

It takes a lot of energy to work, in general, especially if you're the lead in something.

After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge so turned to colour. I explored Bradford and produced a series of urban landscapes that I liked, but because Land had made such an impact on the general public my colour work wasn't reviewed.

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

The tests which showed that this was the only rifle which had the markings which were shown on the bullets; the fact that a man was seen by several witnesses, not identified, but seen in the window with the general description of what he looked like.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

The actual course is called fishery studies, and you study general aquatics and fishery management.

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.

Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more.

I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition.

Honestly, before I settled on a name for the Bon Iver project in general, Chigliak was in the running for what I was going to name the band.

Faced with this general consideration it will immediately be realized on inquiry into the particular position occupied within this general scheme by the scientific field of catalysis that it is in the first stages of its development.

I'm pretty hard on myself in general.

He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it.

We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of issues to be addressed that the media rightly pick up on.

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.

And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near the general election in constituencies with a substantial Muslim population knows that.

Some of the most valuable stuff I do has to do with my dissenting from the general opinion about people in movements.

If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase.