Quotes of Generality - somelinesforyou

“ Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization. ”

- Jack Schwartz

“ We think in generalities, but we live in detail. ”

- Alfred North Whitehead

“ Dealing in generalities is the death of the prayer. ”

- J.H. Evans

“ Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific. ”

- Zig Ziglar

“ For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver. ”

- George Ade

“ Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose? ”

- Howard Nemerov

“ Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. ”

- Alphonse de Lamartine

“ The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. ”

- Aristotle

“ We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. ”

- William M. Winans
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