#genera

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#felt #fiction #general #i #influence

In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients. ↗

— Hans Eysenck

#conclusions #data #facilitates #fail #freudian

A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that generation is lucky: so comfortable in so many genres, the same lively, generous intelligence suffusing all he did. ↗

— George Saunders

#did #generation #generous #genres #intelligence

I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#i #i think #men #more #novels

We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They want to live meaningful lives. ↗

— Peter Singer

#expensive #generation #live #lives #lot

APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#carried #coding #creates #future #generation

Most of us in the baby-boom generation were raised by full-time mothers. Even as recently as 14 years ago, 6 out of 10 mothers with babies were staying at home. Today that is totally reversed. Does that mean we love our children less than our mothers loved us? No, but it certainly causes a lot of guilt trips. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#babies #causes #certainly #children #does

I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#always #american #american society #argue #because

What is our vision on this earth - war to the end of all generations and life by the sword? ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#end #generations #life #our #sword

Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass. ↗

— Alan Shearer

#generates #going #great #hard #louder