Generally Speaking

Famous quotes containing the words generally speaking, generally and/or speaking:

“Why is it that wellnesses are not as contagious as illnesses—generally speaking, but also especially regarding taste? Or are there epidemics of health?”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“If women would make themselves appear as elegant to an Husband, as they were desirous to appear to him while a Lover, the Rake, which all women love, would last longer in the Husband than it generally does.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)

“The French are certainly misunderstood:Mbut whether the fault is theirs, in not sufficiently explaining themselves; or speaking with that exact limitation and precision which one would expect ... or whether the fault may not be altogether on our side ... I shall not decide.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)