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Warmed-over loves and soups are generally not recommended. — Elie Wiesel

Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began. — Lucretius

Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire. — Bear Bryant

Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept. — Lord Chesterfield

The most unpresentable persons are generally the most interesting. — Teresa De La Parra

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch. — Michael Arrington

Every scientist should, after all, regard it as his duty to tell the public, in a generally intelligible way, about what he is doing — Konrad Lorenz

I do generally all my stuff [stunts] except for motorcycles and cars, that stuff I don't know how to do as well as certain people do. — Channing Tatum

If you let women have their way, you will generally get even with them in the end. — Will Rogers

Chocolate may be cheaper than a psychiatrist, but the latter doesn't generally adhere to your ass for the rest of your natural life. — Lois Greiman

Insanity had its place, and that place was generally when all the sane options had been exhausted. — Evan Currie

Sisters. In society so superior to what she had generally known, her improvement was great. She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia; — Jane Austen

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor. — D.H. Lawrence

Those who offend us are generally punished for the offence they give; but we so frequently miss the satisfaction of knowing that we are avenged !. — Anthony Trollope

God generally finds a way for like to meet like. — Publilius Syrus

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different. — George Santayana

Generally when there's a lot of smoke ... there's just a whole lot more smoke. — George Foreman

I have to get up the fitness level, sing a lot, practice, get in the mood, and generally do lots of rehearsal. Get your body and mind ready. — Mick Jagger

A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates — Samuel Richardson

It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges. — John Maynard Keynes

Hippies generally aren't busy with anything except feeling sorry for themselves. — Robert Anton Wilson

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. — David M. Friedman

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I'm generally a people-pleaser so I get high anxiety from any sort of confrontation. — Rose Byrne

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb. — Dirk Benedict

Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers. — Jonathan Swift

Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead. — Patricia C. Wrede

Tho' Beauty is generally the creature of fancy, yet are there some who will be Beauties in every eye. — Samuel Richardson

An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths. — Clarence Darrow

Philosophy is called upon to compensate for the frustrations of politics and, more generally, of life itself. — Hannah Arendt

I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time. — Cliff Martinez

Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me. — Jasper Johns

Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock

When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world. — Darren Aronofsky

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship. — Joseph Addison

Woman is generally so bad that the difference between a good and a bad woman scarcely exists. — Leo Tolstoy

It generally does not take long before a radiation researcher realizes that they are studying the fundamentals of life, death and mass extinctions. — Steven Magee

The typical big winner in the Lynch portfolio generally takes three to ten years to play out. — Peter Lynch

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people. — Christopher Reeve

People seem generally happy to see their favorite world come to life, even if it it slightly changed to fit storytelling for television. — Jade Hassoune

Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business. — Eddie Bernice Johnson

Letters are no matter of indifference; they are generally a very positive curse. — Jane Austen

You always think, "Oh, I'm sure I could have done that better." But generally speaking, I am very proud of this. — Tom Hollander

In my experience, "what the hell" is generally the most interesting decision. — Lois Greiman

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind — Thomas Jefferson

The work of teaching and organizing the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognized as being the cleverest of the animals. — George Orwell

When learned men begin to use their reason, then I generally discover that they haven't got any. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

In any conflict, the crazier party generally wins. — Penn Jillette

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. — George Eliot

Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people. — Donald Trump

Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them — John Locke

In high-tech companies, fraud generally starts in sales due to managers attempting to perfect the ultimate local optimization. — Anonymous

Women do generally manage to love the guys they marry more than they manage to marry the guys they love. — Clare Boothe Luce

My interest generally is the hidden Americans; the ones who live far away from the headlines. — John Updike

The child who has not been disciplined with love by his little world will be disciplined, generally without love, by the big world. — Zig Ziglar

I am proactive and looking to change my own behavior rather than others' - which is generally much more successful! — Daphne Oz

Excellent wine generates enthusiasm. And whatever you do with enthusiasm is generally successful. — Philippe De Rothschild

Men are generally more law-abiding than women. Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them. — Diane Johnson

If I have a reason to do something, and I have enough passion, I generally succeed. — Leander Paes

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves. — Samuel Richardson

For the sorry truth is that in this most pragmatic land, the purist is generally his own worst enemy. — Harry Stein

What the (totalitarian) government cares about is making the quest for information just enough of the nuisance that people generally won't bother. — James M. Fallows

Yeah, he'd been trained to be good with details, but once his dick started working, his brain generally shifted to standby. — Pamela Clare

Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth. — Joseph Barbera

In Russia, they do not generally block the Internet and directly censor websites. — Rebecca MacKinnon

I think, people are generally willing to imagine robots of all shapes, as humanoid robots are not practical. — Colin Angle

If you suspect someone is draining you, generally you should not confront them, but be nice, relax them, and then see what they are doing. — Frederick Lenz

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. — William Hazlitt

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. — Thomas Jefferson

Customs are generally unselfish.
Habits are nearly always selfish. — G.K. Chesterton

Civilians who volunteer generally wish to escape, not to share, privatizations worse than their own. — Barbara W. Tuchman

The unlimited replication of information is generally a public good. — George Dyson

Although low inflation is generally good, inflation that is too low can pose risks to the economy - especially when the economy is struggling. — Ben Bernanke

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. — Miyamoto Musashi

Generally our confidences move downward rather than upward; in our secret affairs, we employ our inferiors much more than our bettors. — Honore De Balzac

Valuation is vague and arbitrary, when there is no assurance that it will be generally acquiesced in by others. — Jean-Baptiste Say

people don't generally believe themselves to be evil. Just strong. And they think that the world owes them something — Mary Elizabeth Summer

There is no topicmore soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation. — Ezra Pound

There are people who barely feel poetry, and they are generally dedicated to teaching it. — Jorge Luis Borges

When I cook, I generally stick with what I know, what I'm comfortable with, and what I feel I've paid my dues learning, and am good at. — Anthony Bourdain

A clear conscience is generally the result of a faulty memory, not a faulty life. — Joan D. Vinge

Muslims are peace-loving people generally. Among the young, yes, there are some militant attitudes. But a lot of it arises out of chivalry. — Hamza Yusuf

Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived. — Luc De Clapiers

Preservation of human life generally outweighs some stupid code about returning objects on time. — Stephen Bier Jr.

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture. — Sanjeev Bhaskar

Generally speaking, it's a very hard thing to wrap your head around that a drone operator in Nevada can be releasing munitions in the Middle East. — Neill Blomkamp

Opposites generally create intense chemistry. There are more chances of fireworks when different people are together than similar personalities. — Sonam Kapoor

The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well. — Natalie Wood

In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare. — Dick Cavett

The government generally is just too top-heavy. — John McAfee

I like to think I'm positive and optimistic about things generally, but what I write does tend towards the darker end of the spectrum. — Tim Lebbon

Society is a kind of parent to its members. If it, and they, are to thrive, its values must be clear, coherent and generally acceptable. — Milton Sapirstein

There are generally three parties to child abuse: the abused, the abuser and the bystander. — Louise Penny

Hypocrisy is not generally a social sin, but a virtue. — Judith Martin

I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable turns bad. — Randall Dale Adams

However good an argument in philosophy may happen to be, it is generally not good enough. — David Berlinski

Lovers' quarrels are not generally about money. Divorce cases generally are. — Mason Cooley

When I'm working on a novel, I generally do write every day, but in between those marathons, I take breaks. My brain needs time to recharge. — Marie Brennan

If I'm going to fly for more than twenty feet it's generally a good idea to get a stunt guy. — Joe Flanigan

Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they're drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle. — Paul McCartney