Quotes of: General Keyword

It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a baroque way, that isn't about progress, and wants to - as Walt Whitman put it - 'contain multitudes....

Jerry Saltz

A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.

Lafcadio Hearn

It definitely wasn't like, 'Hey, I'm going to steal that, and nobody's going to know.' The original 'T.R.O.Y.' came out in 1992, and it was like a 20th anniversary kind of thing. All of those intentions were there for it to be resurrecting a classic ...

Lupe Fiasco

This generation seems to see children as a financial burden and responsibility to be avoided.

The Atonement Child

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II

This is a generation of men accustomed to warfare, inured to danger and familiar with cruelty.

The Red Queen

As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.

The Secret Agent

Events had been set in motion whose echo would be heard a thousand and more generations from now.

Salome

... strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly seached out.

Northanger Abbey

History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.

Letters of Thomas Jefferson

As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped.

The Last Olympian

On closer examination, we are simply a banal tragedy spread over two generations.

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Once a day has begun eventfully, it generally carries on being every bit as lively.

Tubutsch

Save the sugar for some other girl. This one’s had it up to here with people in general.

Poisoned Apple

The generation that had information, but no context. Butter, but no bread. Craving, but no longing.

The Uncoupling

A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid.

Ivor Novello

In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of their countrymen in just causes.

Virginia Foxx

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

Mason Cooley

While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments.

Jimmy Wales

I'd say in general, my style is Johnny Weir style. It's my style. I can't classify it as anything else.

Johnny Weir

Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.

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