#genera

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#faster #general #horses #know #omit

Whatever comes next for this generation, that's going to be the greatest voice. ↗

— Clancy Brown

#generation #going #greatest #next #this generation

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#come #general #give #happen #i

You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#make #much #new #preceded #something

That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#does #doing #each #generation #important

The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things. ↗

— Walter F. Ulmer

#clear #developing #essence #general #getting

Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science - steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains - none has been so catastrophic to prosperity as the last century's attempt to generate electricity from nuclear fission. ↗

— James Buchan

#been #carriages #catastrophic #century #electricity

We generally write best of what we ourselves have seen. ↗

— James Buchan

#generally #ourselves #seen #write

General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place. ↗

— John Buford

#artillery #attempted #fight #force #found

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#covered #cut #generally #hoop #leather