#gene

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#ascendant #general #mankind #mediocrity #power

They all in general had putrid gums, the spots and lassitude, with weakness of their knees. ↗

— James Lind

#had #knees #spots #their #weakness

I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre. ↗

— Laura Lippman

#conservative #crime #fact #generation #genre

I was assigned to do a job by the attorney general, and that was to find out whether crimes were committed. ↗

— Kenneth Starr

#attorney #attorney general #committed #crimes #find

To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare. ↗

— Kenko Yoshida

#before #beyond #book #compare #converse

I love the fact that it's not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science. ↗

— Rene Auberjonois

#fact #fiction #general #i #i love

It was called the Reclaim Guide. It was just a general protest guide that went over security culture and stuff like that. A small portion of that guide dealt with explosives information. ↗

— Sherman Austin

#culture #dealt #explosives #general #guide

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#frequently #generally #hand #machine #more

The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race. ↗

— Lynn Barber

#biographies #human #human race #interviews #like

My parents gave up a lot to bring me up in the little house on the prairie, and I wasn't prepared to make those sacrifices, nor was the generation before me and the generation after. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#before #bring #gave #generation #house