General Quotes

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.

General Howe turned out some German wild boars and sows in his forests, to the great terror of the neighbourhood; and, at one time, a wild bull or buffalo: but the country rose upon them and destroyed them.

Also, schools share some responsibility and should offer helpful orientations that include general information about such recruitment efforts on their campuses.

I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.

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

The general statement that the mental faculties are class concepts, belonging to descriptive psychology, relieves us of the necessity of discussing them and their significance at the present stage of our inquiry.

The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it is fatal to neglect, but neither advisable, nor perhaps practicable, to use as the sole, or even the principal, guides in the actual conduct of affairs.

Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development.

What I had to say was, in general, I'm not really a fan of any one genre of any kind of film.

Life provides material for its agitation which makes its general views comprehensible to the masses.

I've never met a general yet who could milk a cow.

I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies.

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got to do this today.'

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

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.

In Thailand's history there have been dissensions from time to time, but in general, unity has prevailed.

There's something about the Houdini act that is not always made clear - about the escape act in general.

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.

The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion.

There is one instance that we cite in the report where in one of the conversations a member of organized crime is talking to another member of organized crime and he suggests that Attorney General Kennedy should be murdered.

The frustrating part of it is that you're generally known for what you did last. I've had the privilege of doing some very cool independent films that, a lot of the time, the general public doesn't see unless you're at a film festival or you're into that kind of movie.

It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands.

I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.

In general, I don't feel artists should need producers.

My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform.

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.

No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.