#general

Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep. ↗

— Peter Singer

#best #better #break #children #easier

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. ↗

— Diogenes of Sinope

#counselors #distinguish #generally #leaders #person

I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now. ↗

— Tara Strong

#because #characters #diverse #female #female characters

In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic. ↗

— Tara Strong

#find #general #i #more #realistic

It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#cannot #certainty #conducting #emigrate #facility

The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#chief #forgotten #generally #his #life

High school is just horrible in general. So, I think it was a good time for me to have stopped acting. I got to be normal in high school. ↗

— Jodi Sweetin

#general #good #good time #got #high

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#everybody #face #generally #glass #own

Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed. ↗

— Jim Talent

#first #first step #general #good #more

Many aspects of the writing life have changed since I published my first book, in the 1960s. It is more corporate, more driven by profits and marketing, and generally less congenial - but my day is the same: get out of bed, procrastinate, sit down at my desk, try to write something. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#bed #book #changed #congenial #corporate