Generally Quotes

Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.

French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow.

Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.

I am generally a very happy and easygoing person.

One of the ways that Microsoft beat Apple way back in the day was that they were a lot more open; today, in the world I come from, the free software and open-source world, Microsoft is not generally viewed as open; they're viewed as proprietary.

Since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, conservatives of various sorts, and conservatisms of various stripes, have generally been in the ascendancy. And a good thing, too! Conservatives have been right more often than not - and more often than liberals - about most of the important issues of the day.

Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood.

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.

Junipers are generally chosen for the latter purpose, as they can be more readily bent into the desired form; the eyes and tongue are added afterwards, and the representation altogether is really good.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want.

A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.

I generally will answer any question about anything.

I generally don't think most situations can be labeled as black or white.

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.

I think generally I'm kind of interested in subjective experience, what goes on inside someone's head, that being all they really know of the world.

Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue.

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.

Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer if they break them.

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.

Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse.

I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

Generally the younger generation are not hard working. They will have to put in more effort to achieve results in tournaments. most of them can perform well but they cannot deliver when they play abroad.

It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting; and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen.

The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to the Democrats in some areas, notably foreign and national security policy.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.

But in terms of the code by which we go to market - it's not telling kids to supersize, we're not selling them, generally, products, in the advertising we do to them.