Famous Quotes & Sayings

As a general matter, it helps to have him out of the race and presumably out of the news.

Julie Smith

People say I'm insane on a general basis, but that's not the reason.

People generally think that all Minnesotans are just kind of naively nice. I don't think that's the case.

Often the process of making prints is similar to making genetic imprints.

Anna Garlin Spencer

No record... can... name the women of talent who were so submerged by child-bearing and its duties, and by general housework, that they had to leave their poems and stories all unwritten.

Nortel is benefiting from a general recovery in the technology stocks in the U.S. as well.

Joss Whedon

The musicals that I love on stage are generally meant for the stage.

A four-star general will be relocated to Redstone Arsenal,

Herman Edwards

And when guys don't play as well as they anticipate, they generally come back the next week and play better.

William Shakespeare

And what have kings that privates have not too,Save ceremony, save general ceremony?

Enterprising generals and admirals will always find ways -- very good ways -- to spend more money.

(Energy firms) are not going to be there unless it helps them, and generally what helps them does not help consumers.

Jeffrey Schwartz

Drive-up stores represent the next generation for McDonald's in China.

Each generation is being reduced by about a third.

Rudyard Kipling

E's all 'ot sand an' ginger when alive, / An' 'e's generally shammin' when 'e's dead.

Howard Kurtz

Even by the standards of modern media excess, there has never been anything quite like the way the press is embracing, extolling and flat-out promoting this retired general who has never sought public office.

There was a general sense that Site Q might never be found. It might not be a site or it might be a series of sites in the region.

Richard Holbrooke

there's a general sense at the U.N. that process is what this place is all about.

There's a general ill will toward cyclists, unfortunately, from police and the general public. Some people just don't want to share the road.

Ned Yost

Power-arm guys in spring training generally take a little longer.

Sanctions will be related to a region's general allocation funds.

Rick Springfield

Probably General Hospital had more to do with me getting known physically than MTV did,

Peter Drucker

People who don't take risks generally make about 2 big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about 2 big mistakes a year.

At midnight we'll start our general plowing operation. We will have 150 pieces on the streets.

At this point, it doesn't seem like Suzuki can give General Motors anything that Daewoo can't.

Michael Williams

At the end of the day, what happened in the first 72 hours is going to be generally overshadowed by what happens in the next 12 to 24 months,

At the WTO, it's never a general surgery. It's always a very specific, clinical, precise surgery - and you can't miss the target. If you miss the target, you kill the patient. It's as simple as that.

Wilhelm Ostwald

Consequently, even in this personal special case, the great unity of all science stands out decisively as a general regulative principle.

Dan Glickman

Corn, soy beans, wheat, cattle, things are generally pretty weak all over the place.

John Ortberg

Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures.

Damon Hill

Compressor stations are generally safe. We have requirements to make sure the communities these are operating in are safe.

John Walsh

The weather in general plays a role, ... We're reactive to what's happening with the weather because we're always watching the weather.

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