The possible signs of a coming collapse are the same as the greatest strengths of Western civilization: democracy, capitalism, the generally peaceful linking of world economic systems, our amazing success in harnessing the powers of nature to the betterment of the human condition in health, subsistence, longevity. These are the hallmarks of our society - its most successful elements.
Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived.
The most precise work is generally done by hand, with hand tools. Some people rely on machines for their precision, and my way of working is backwards. I rely on the machines for doing the gross stock removal and then, when it comes to the final refinements and fitting of joints and things, making things work together, I rely more on sharp-edged tools that I push by hand.
What seems most likely is generally true.
Even if my movies weren't big blockbusters, directors generally liked me, so they would fight for me.
I think, generally, most people can't maintain anything that's particularly strict for very long. I watch people trying and failing to do that a lot.
I don't snack. I don't generally eat sweets or drink soda. I never eat between meals or even before big ones.
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust.
I am proactive and looking to change my own behavior rather than others' - which is generally much more successful!
The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, — but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense.
What our species needs, above all else, is a generally accepted ethical system that is compatible with the scientific knowledge we now possess.
Beyoncé don't get a lot of leaks. She just has a very tight control. Most of the time, that's generally not the case, but I pretty much follow her direction.
I'm weird - I don't really listen to American music while I'm writing. I do occasionally get an anthem song, but generally speaking, when I write, I only listen to Japanese and Hawaiian music.
I'm generally a people-pleaser so I get high anxiety from any sort of confrontation.
Frequent not the company of immodest persons, especially if they be also impudent, as is generally the case;. . . these corrupted souls and infected hearts scarcely speak to any, either of the same or a different sex, without causing them to fall in some degree from purity; they have poison in their eyes and in their breath, like basilisks. On the contrary, keep company with the chaste and virtuous; often meditate upon and read holy things; for the word of God is chaste, and makes those also chaste that delight in it.
It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book. If I do that well, I feel, good tidings generally will follow and readers will stick with me.
People who laugh together generally don't kill each other.
Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish.
Radical views that are outside the mainstream generally (but not always) are more reliable than the dominant view because they are more regularly challenged and tested against evidence. They do not get to float freely down the mainstream; they must swim against the current. They cannot rest on the orthodox power to foreclose dissent, and they are not supported by the unanimity of bias that passes for objectivity.