General Quotes

The movies have got more corporate, they're making fewer movies in general, and those they are making are all $200-$300m tent-pole releases that eat up all the oxygen.

I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

In general, I do not agree with spying against one's country.

We just put General Motors in the hands of people who can't even run our own government.

The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.

He was a fantastic player, but the thing that impressed me most about Paul was his manner off the pitch. He was always very humble about his achievements and had a lot of time for the paying public and people in general.

We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith.

The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.

In general, anyone who paid the long distance telephone tax will get the refund on their 2006 federal income tax return. This includes individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations.

I dreamed of becoming a scientist, in general, and a paleontologist, in particular, ever since the Tyrannosaurus skeleton awed and scared me.

What we have at present is a system of loss socialism. Whatever goes wrong is shouldered by the general public and anything that works is privatised. Worshippers of market freedom have suspended the most important economic principle: Risk and liability go hand in hand.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice?

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.

I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress.

So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity.

I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete.

It takes a lot of energy to work, in general, especially if you're the lead in something.

After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge so turned to colour. I explored Bradford and produced a series of urban landscapes that I liked, but because Land had made such an impact on the general public my colour work wasn't reviewed.

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

The tests which showed that this was the only rifle which had the markings which were shown on the bullets; the fact that a man was seen by several witnesses, not identified, but seen in the window with the general description of what he looked like.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

The actual course is called fishery studies, and you study general aquatics and fishery management.

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.

Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more.