Quotes of: General-knowledge Keyword

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

Tom Brokaw

Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.

Wislawa Szymborska

The job of the Attorney General is very specific. My roll, as the legal adviser, is to defend the constitutionality of the laws as they're passed.

Jeffrey Chiesa

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Francis Bacon

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.

Dick Schaap

I love European films in general. If I were to go to the movie store or something, that's what I like to see.

Emmanuelle Chriqui

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

I also love horror movies; I like me a big Peter Berg action movie. I'm a movie lover in general.

Jenna Fischer

I'd love to make a sequel to 'The Rocketeer.' The film didn't do as well at the box office as we all hoped, but it has endured and generated a following.

Joe Johnston

A general loathing of a gang or sect usually has some sound basis in instinct.

Ezra Pound

I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.

Eli Roth

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

A. E. Waite

An enlightened and empowered generation is the key to our development in Nigeria and indeed in Africa

Fela Durotoye

I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.

Freeman A. Hrabowski III

No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.

Fernando Pessoa

Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.

Gordon Willard Allport

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

I'm loath to do interviews. What comes out is generally not what I meant or thought I was saying or thought they were asking.

Carmen Dell'Orefice

I would say that in general, Cisco is a very strong research and development organization.

Charles Giancarlo

Education is only the most fully conscious of the channels whereby each generation influences the next.

C.S. Lewis

I have a terrible memory in general, but one thing I've always been able to remember is my songs.

Conor Oberst