General Quotes

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.

Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of the tiger. In terms of the general complacency, what we heard over and over from investors and clients and potential clients is, 'yes, yes, there are some excesses, but the government will figure out a way.'

Our thinking behind these agreements is that we want all jobs in General Motors to be good jobs.

For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa. The difference did not exist. Our company is too big. It goes with the welfare of the country.

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.

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.

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.

Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents.

Dr. King's general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.

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.

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.

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

Our expanding Canadian operations are concrete evidence of General Motors confidence in Canada.

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be.