Generally Quotes

People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger than they should be having it.

We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.

Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.

The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages.

While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments.

It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one.

As women slowly gain power, their values and priorities are reshaping the agenda. A multitude of studies show that when women control the family funds, they generally spend more on health, nutrition, and education - and less on alcohol and cigarettes.

There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally smaller than the smallest of our London nurseries.

Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whole point is to game the system, to beat the market or at least find someone who will pay you a lot of money, 'cause they're convinced that there is a free lunch.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions.

It is, I think, particularly in periods of acknowledged crisis that scientists have turned to philosophical analysis as a device for unlocking the riddles of their field. Scientists have not generally needed or wanted to be philosophers.

I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion.

I generally only paint people I know, I'm not a flatterer really.

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.

The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.

That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which lend to be similar.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading.

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us.

British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.

When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.