In General Quotes
In General Quote of the day
Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.
The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
I came from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it. At General motors, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is to hire a consultant on snakes.
I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it.
Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee.
The further you get into technology, the further you go into gaming. That's the general rule.
I do not want to make this charge. I do not see how it can succeed. I would not make it now but that General Lee has ordered it and expects it.
Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.
The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion.
Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.
I really just do what I like. I don't understand what the general public likes sometimes.
The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them
Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not be true to the best interests and general welfare of his country.
An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members.
Basically, there are two things we know: Everybody has less time, and the general public is demanding better food - better in terms of quality and better in terms of flavor.
A successful trader studies human nature and does the opposite of what the general public does.
The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail you here. Will you boys?
But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social power.
We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare.
When I was at school you got an overall general education, on many things, even just basic facts.
A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest.
It is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts.
The general public knows practically nothing about the prison and appears to be little concerned about how it is managed and how prisoners are treated.
There are messages in each general conference given as a gift and a blessing from heaven specifically for our personal life situations.
To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.
You could transfer Congress over to run Standard Oil or General Motors, and they would have both things bankrupt in two years.
Once it is recognized that productive thinking in any area of cognition is perceptual thinking, the central function of art in general education will become evident.
Revitalizing General Motors is like teaching an elephant to tap dance. You find the sensitive spot and start poking.
If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public
Comedians are sociologists. We're pointing out stuff that the general public doesn't even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion and questioning everything we see.
No manufacturer, from General Motors to the Little Lulu Novelty Company, would think of putting a product on the market without benefit of a designer.
Then, after I came home from Europe, I found I was under condemnation; and I was condemned at that time because I did not endorse the financial policy of the General Conference.
These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.
The total number of people who understand relativistic time, even after eighty years since the advent of special relativity, is still much smaller than the number of people who believe in horoscopes.
The general public thinks all little people are in circuses or sideshows. We have doctors, nurses, just about every field covered.