General Quotes

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily the ones that I like.

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

In general, I have felt more at home in the U.S. than I ever felt in England.

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

Every musician liked Peggy Lee, but not the general public.

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

When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.

I would say just in general, in life, I'm more willing to be animated as a person, and so obviously onstage as well.

All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required.

Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars.

The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.

When I was a teenager, I did one animated series back when I was on 'General Hospital.' It was 1971 or '72. Then I didn't do animation until 'Batman.'

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.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

There are a lot of studies that suggest a higher rate of creativity in bipolars than the general population.

There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk.

The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same thing applies to all of them. You're presenting this material to the general public and hoping that they're going to 'get' what you're doing. Some don't, some do.

Reading for me will be a combination of books, magazines, Tumblr and just kind of the Web in general on the iPad.

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.

Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.

There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all.

My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France.

Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.

Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.

Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity.

I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart.

I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well.

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!

If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.

I feel like when you are really appreciative, it makes it easier to have a better outlook and perspective of life in general.

I'm not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it's incredibly delicious.

In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without saying anything.

Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

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

In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country.

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

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.

Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.

General consultant to mankind.

Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot.

I just think that pick-up lines in general are horrible. None of them work.

Country seems to be finding a bigger audience. Certainly an audience out of the general country scene is finding me.

I think people in general think more about their insecurities.

Industrial hemp is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can look at it in terms of how it might be useful.

Honestly, before I settled on a name for the Bon Iver project in general, Chigliak was in the running for what I was going to name the band.

In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.

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

In general, I think I'm quick to worry about disasters of all kinds.

I think that's a result of just a general increase in speed of the vibration of life itself.

People are rude in general.

General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York.

I went to a general store but they wouldn't let me buy anything specific.

I went to a general store. They wouldn't let me buy anything specifically.

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

I'm not a good collaborator in general.

I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general.

There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.