Generalise Quotes

#1. No one knows 'men' as such, any more than anyone knows 'women,' and if they do generalise they're probably trying to hide their own ignorance. You might know one 'man,' yes, or even lots of individual 'men'.

Julie Burchill

#2. I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.

Agatha Christie

#3. It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone's adventure is original.

Bernard Pivot

#4. You can't generalise about an entire country, but I like the energy of British men.

Taylor Swift

#5. One of the things about grief - I wouldn't generalise, because everybody responds to tragedies in different ways - but I had a huge amount of energy.

David Toop

#6. I have come across both inspiring teachers of history and deplorable ones over the years, so one cannot generalise, except perhaps to observe that the profession seems to encourage anti-militarist sentiments.

Antony Beevor

#7. You can't generalise, of course, but there is a school of American acting where there is a kind of pride in the number of takes you can do.

Antonia Bird

#8. We first observe facts, then generalise, and then draw conclusions or principles.

Swami Vivekananda

#9. Refugees come from many different backgrounds and live in many different circumstances, so I wouldn't like to generalise. But I think refugees from the U.K. would probably be healthier and better fed than those from many other countries.

Gillian Cross

#10. Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals.

John Dewey

#11. I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. I'd already been translating French poetry, I'd been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went.

Paul Auster

#12. I made no threats, that was a promise.

George R R Martin

#13. Why is it when I'm the one shot, I'm a baby, but when it's you, it's a matter of life and death and national security? (Joe)
Because I'm cuter in a short skirt. (Tee)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#14. Bankers are just like anybody else, only richer

Ogden Nash

#15. Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.

Mahatma Gandhi