“An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think”
“We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities.”
“General ideas are more flattering. And then professionals and even amateurs always end up by being right”
“General Motors, General Mills, General Foods, general ignorance, general apathy, and general cussedness elect presidents and Congressmen and maintain them in power.”
“Marriage isn't just domesticity, or the continuance of the race, or institutionalized sex, or a form of property right. And it damned well isn't happiness, as that word is generally used. I think it's a way of finding your soul.”
“The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so. ”