Generally Speaking

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

“Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)

“I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.”
—Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)

““There comes Emerson first, whose rich words, every one,
Are like gold nails in temples to hang trophies on,
Whose prose is grand verse, while his verse, the Lord knows,
Is some of it pr—No, ‘t is not even prose;
I’m speaking of metres;”
—James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)