Quotes 201 till 220 of 262.
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The interest in life does not lie in what people do, nor even in their relations to each other, but largely in the power to communicate with a third party, antagonistic, enigmatic, yet perhaps persuadable, which one may call life in general.
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The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.
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The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
On War (1832) -
The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is better for people.
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The place was crawling with youngsters. It was good, because the kids were good. I can't make a general assumption. Again, you're probably getting, as a general theme from me, that I don't make a lot of broad, sweeping rules about movies.
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The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.
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The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.
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The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
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The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.
Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929) -
The theoretical broadening which comes from having many humanities subjects on the campus is offset by the general dopiness of the people who study these things...
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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead.
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The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and Führer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity.
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There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the general interests of society, and thus one of the most powerful motives which can act on the human mind is totally destroyed.
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There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy.
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There are three subjects on which the knowledge of the medical profession in general is woefully weak; they are manners, morals, and medicine.
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There are two great rules of life; the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end, get what he wants, if he only tries. That is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is, more or less, an exception to the rule.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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There is a rising generation in this country who do not know God because of a general decay of religion.
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