General Quotes

Ultimately, when he held your treasonous letter in his hand and saw how you had lied to him, the choice between me and you was the choice between someone who loves him and someone who didn't.

That which is chiefly the office of a general, to force the enemy into fighting when he finds himself the stronger, and to avoid being driven into it himself when he is the weaker...

A weapon is merely a weapon, nothing more. What matters is how you use it.

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his [sic!] time but most people are far behind theirs.

A mathematician tells you that the wall of warped space prevents the Moon from flying out of its orbit yet can't tell you why an astronaut can go back and forth across that same space.

Dont look for something that isn't there, because you're never going to find it

We believe that only government has the capacity--not to mention the political and moral responsibility--to promote the general welfare. Father Kramer as quoted in Sweet Charity?

The first thing we should do in order to grasp the realm of time travel is by redefining general perception and common concepts regarding time within our daily language structure.

I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.

It's a combination of science, maintenance, and general housekeeping. And then, occasionally, robotics activities or a spacewalk you might get to do.

An intelligence analyst may attribute an attack to al Qaeda, whereas a policy maker could opt for the more general 'extremist.'

I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.

We go to poetry, we go to literature in general, to be forwarded within ourselves.

Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society.

The job of the Attorney General is very specific. My roll, as the legal adviser, is to defend the constitutionality of the laws as they're passed.