Quotes of: General-knowledge Keyword

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.

Barbara Tuchman

We're the generation that says 60 is the new 30. We don't let the numbers shape us; we're reshaping the numbers.

Christie Brinkley

A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Generally in my films like 'Hearts of Darkness' or 'Picture This,' I try not to make myself a presence in the film.

George Hickenlooper

If you want to help the poor and our next generation, make investment, reinvestment and businesses welcome.

Gina Rinehart

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

Gertrude Stein

My entire generation has grown up in the shadow of one movie: 'Star Wars.'

Harry Knowles

Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures.

James McHenry

The lesson of the Clinton years and of Obama's win of both the nomination and the general election in 2008 is that Democrats need to be as tough as JFK was.

Jon Meacham

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

James Randi

We cannot put off the difficult decisions for another day, another generation.

Jodi Rell

In general, I feel if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself.

John Rogers Searle

The African continent has always been more queer than generally acknowledged.

Chantal Zabus

We are the generation capable of doing many things at once, without enjoying any of them..

Dinesh Kumar Biran

If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.

David Eddings

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.

Desiderius Erasmus

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

I generally only paint people I know, I'm not a flatterer really.

David Hockney

In the morning, wonder and be generous like the sun. In the evening, meditate and be kind like the moon.

Debasish Mridha

I hadn't thought that I was generally a pack rat, but it turns out I am.

Joan Didion

I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat.

Jonathan Dimbleby