Quotes of: General Keyword

The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the capitalist, is obvious.

Edward Carpenter

It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

Etta James

I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for.

Brian Lamb

I'm interested in the moment when two objects collide and generate a third. The third object is where the interesting work is.

Bruce Mau

I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven.

Barbra Streisand

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

Brigham Young

A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous.

Carl Andre

Although his personality is generally quite agreeable, Mr Murdoch has no loyalty to anyone or anything except his company.

Conrad Black

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

Carl von Clausewitz

Being an actor somehow can be a perverse extension of that feeling we generally all have as children, that feeling of wanting to please. Of course you're looking for affirmation, encouragement.

Gina McKee

Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity.

Graham Nelson

It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place where you're the adult and you're palpably in the next generation. And, this shoved me into that.

Gwyneth Paltrow

'The Merchant of Venice' is a straightforward, clear story, while 'The Winter's Tale,' as a general rule, is hard to present because there is so much plot.

Jesse L. Martin

I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well.

John Oates

I am concerned with only one thing, the moral and social conditions of my generation.

Joyce Carol Oates

The one thing in me more powerful than a general misanthropy is an inescapable compassion for individuals.

Jasper Sole

Until the 20th century it was generally assumed that a writer had said what he had to say in his works.

John Updike

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

John Updike

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

Diane Arbus

Her screams are heard across generations who dared not scream and died without joy,in silence and isolation.

David W. Earle

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

Diogenes