General Quotes

I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well.

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.

The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved.

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.

A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast.

No matter how hard you try to teach your cat general relativity, you're going to fail.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.

Yes, in general, I think there is too much club football on TV.

Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.

As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other.

There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on.

I met the surgeon general - he offered me a cigarette.

I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of presenting difficult ideas in an understandable way.

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.

There is a general knowledge that I am multi-dimensional, that when you are creative you do a lot of things.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.

The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history.

As millions of Americans look for work, the Obama campaign and Democrats are attempting to distract attention away from this administration's dismal record. The attack they have launched against Mitt Romney shows just how worried they are about facing him in the general election.

A general loathing of a gang or sect usually has some sound basis in instinct.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.