General Quotes

The general election is not an organizational exercise - it's a mass media exercise.

These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.

In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.

I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.

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.

In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry.

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.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required.

Every time I sit with our general manager at a baseball game, and there's number-cruncher and statistician guy - I'm sitting around - they start talking about stuff, and I say, 'What's that? I've never heard of that one before.'

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military.