Asking in general quotes:

Send

There is no point in asking me general questions because I am always changing my mind. -- Michel Houellebecq
I have actually had to ask my supervisors not to curse in meetings or in general in the workplace. -- Monica Johnson
I'm not dieting anymore. I want to eat what my body is asking of me. Just listen to your body in general - it's all self-awareness. -- Mary Lambert
I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't. -- Joan Chen
Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement. -- William Glasser
People always ask me if I'm nervous about the intense sci-fi fans. To me that doesn't seem weird or scary. I get really intense about my favorite sci-fi shows, my favorite shows in general. -- Magda Apanowicz
In general, I usually don't really go by or live my life by a clock, and outside of touring, I don't really ask anyone else to. It's not out of lack of respect for anyone or intentional. -- Axl Rose
In examining witnesses, I learned to ask general questions so as to elicit details with powerful sensory associations: the colors, the sounds, the smells that lodge an image in the mind and put the listener in the burning house. -- Sonia Sotomayor
This is the beauty of the Qur'an: it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general. -- Cat Stevens
The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers. -- Abbe Pierre
When asked what he was fighting for, General Washington, in writing to General Thomas, said the object was 'neither glory nor extent of territory, but a defense of all that is dear and valuable in life.' He must have been an umpire. That's what umpiring is about. -- Doug Harvey
People used to ask me: 'Well, was it the power that attracted you to Bill Clinton?' And I said, well, how much power do you think the attorney general of Arkansas has? Of course not. It wasn't that for me. I just a thought he was wonderful in general. -- Gennifer Flowers
I think with motherhood and child-rearing in general, everyone's going to tell you how to do it and why. I've always said to other mothers and women when they've asked me, that you have to find your own way and find out what works for your family, at all costs. -- Brooke Burke
Bring your kids along next time you go to the grocery store and ask them to help find the price per unit for the general grocery items. By comparing brands and looking for the best prices, kids will get in the habit of looking for deals and understand the value of the dollar. -- Alexa Von Tobel
In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage. -- Vikram Seth
The attorney general called and asked me if I was willing to be interviewed for FBI director. And the truth is I told him I didn't think so, that I thought it was too much for my family. But that I would sleep on it and call him back in the morning. And so I went to bed that night convinced I was going to call him back and say no. -- James Comey
...nobody would think of asking the U.N. General Assembly what it thinks because it is dominated by nations with no power and less legitimacy -- Dick Morris
I know that Duke made a number of demands, including that the attorney general drop its investigation. We have no intention of asking the attorney general to do that. -- Gray Davis

Send