Quotes of: General-knowledge Keyword

I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.

Gary Miller

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

William Graham Sumner

The Islanders and their owner, Garth Snow, were very generous with me and let me do some cool stuff inside the organization.

Kevin Connolly

Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at this very moment, a general feeling that communication is breaking down everywhere, on an unparalleled scale.

David Bohm

I realized then that the generations may change but the strength of our nation remains solid.

Jane D. Hull

Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.

Richard Holbrooke

The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.

Todd Akin

The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.

Woodrow Wilson

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

Carl Jung

The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk.

Tom Vilsack

We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play.

Pat Williams

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

Alanis Morissette

Mad, is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals.

King George II

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Albert Camus

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

Ogden Nash

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

Max Irons

The hippie movement politicized my generation. When it ended, we all started looking back at our own history, looking, in my case, for motives of rebellion.

Vivienne Westwood

My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.

Katharine McPhee

As a young surgeon in training at the University of California San Francisco General Hospital in the early '80s, my colleagues and I were inundated with an epidemic of young men with fevers, rashes, swollen lymph nodes and eventually death.

Richard Carmona

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Samuel Johnson

Optimizing return on capital will generate less growth than optimizing return on education.

Clayton Christensen