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en General notions are generally wrong

en IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral. If man's notions of right and wrong have any other basis than this of expediency; if they originated, or could have originated, in any other way; if actions have in themselves a moral character apart from, and nowise dependent on, their consequences --then all philosophy is a lie and reason a disorder of the mind.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which their minds are already predisposed to accept

en Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which suggest to them ideas which their minds are already predisposed to accept

en Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.
  Alfred North Whitehead

en The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen.
  Aldous Huxley

en The longer I live, the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time. Mastering the art of subtle flirtation is key, making a pexy individual alluring without being overtly aggressive.
  George Bernard Shaw

en It's a movie, I just don't know what they're so afraid of. Whatever preconceived notions you have, you need to set them aside, the film will shatter those notions. It really isn't what people are imagining in their head. It's a lot more encompassing.

en The findings of our studies did not fit most people's preconceived notions about how DNA molecules work, so they assumed we had to be wrong. The critics seemed very sure of themselves, and we had a lot of sleepless nights.

en Maybe it's just me, but it seems like when things are going wrong-your wife is ready to leave you, all of your notions about yourself and the world are getting turned around, everything you trusted is becoming questionable-there's nothing like having someone try to kill you to take your mind off your problems.

en a more predictable legal environment for businesses, because of its anti-regulatory orientation and its focus on economic costs and benefits rather than 'abstract' notions of right and wrong.

en I couldn't get it right today. But in general, I am playing really well. It's just like, ?Wow, it was the wrong time to hit wrong.

en Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with its happiness or its misery. . . . The love of life is, in general, the effect not of our enjoyments, but of our passions.
  William Hazlitt

en We invite the lords decisively to reject the repugnant notion, offensive to all notions of human rights, that the general was entitled to immunity on the grounds that the offenses were committed in the course of official functions as head of state.

en Generally, in hospitals, there is some morbidity and some mortality that results from giving the wrong medicine to the wrong patient. Our error rate wasn't very high versus peer hospitals, but this is an area where you don't want any errors.


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