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General Sense Quotes

When the room agrees before the facts do.

These general sense quotes capture that hard-to-pin-down moment when a crowd, a genre, or an era seems to feel the same thing at once. If you want related reads, the Community quotes collection covers a similar shared-feeling angle.

We will remember UPA 2, if at all, it seems, as that period when things went mysteriously wrong - for the bribe-taking, buck-passing, foot-dragging, and general sense of paralysis.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.

Quotes by A. E. Waite

For me, when I start a novel, I only have a general sense of what I am going to do - usually three or four big scenes or something to which I can really respond emotionally.

Quotes by Patrick Ness

But truth is most likely to be exhibited by the general sense of contemporaries, when the feelings of the heart can be expressed without suffering itself to be disguised by the prejudices of man.

Quotes by Mercy Otis Warren

Activity Quotes

The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.

Quotes by Meher Baba

There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it's easier than it was but underlying it all there is still a pretty sexist view of women on...

Quotes by Jo Brand

Ultimately, I think there's this umbrella term of jazz, and what's cool about not just what's happening with my music but this general sense of what's happening with this generation of musicians, is it's a very broad term, and we...

Quotes by Gretchen Parlato

I'm not a legislator. I've never been a lobbyist. I've never worked a session before, but based on my conversations with leadership in the Senate and the House, I get the general sense that people want to work together to...

Quotes by George P. Bush

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.

Quotes by Edmund Burke

Big Quotes

I feel I've had three careers in one, really. There was the 'Benny Santini' stuff; that came with a general sense of, 'Who the hell is he?' And then there was 'The Road To Hell' stuff, and now there's the...

Quotes by Chris Rea

I have a general sense of excitement about the future, and I don't know what that looks like yet. But it will be whatever I make it.

Quotes by Amanda Lindhout

I'm glad I get to do characters. It's just like a Polaroid shot of whoever the person is, and to me, anyway, that's kind of what life is like. You get a general sense of somebody, and then we're all...

Frequently Asked Questions

What do general sense quotes usually describe?
They describe a shared feeling or instinct that spreads through a group of people before anyone proves it with facts. The tone ranges from cultural commentary to personal frustration.
Why do these quotes mention fields like comedy and jazz?
Both fields are used here to show how a collective mood can shift gradually, such as comedians feeling less defensive on stage or musicians sensing a new direction in their genre.
Is a general sense the same as proven fact?
No, several quotes treat it as closer to instinct or contemporary opinion than to hard evidence, something felt by many people at once rather than formally measured.
How does dissatisfaction connect to this theme?
One quote links a general sense of dissatisfaction to unmet wants and the fleeting satisfaction of daily life, suggesting the feeling can be as much emotional as social.
Where can I read more quotes on shared perception?
The Community and Connected quotes pages both explore how groups of people come to feel or believe similar things.

From dissatisfaction that spreads quietly through daily life to shifting attitudes inside comedy and jazz, these lines show perception forming before anyone states it outright. Pair them with Connected or Big quotes for more on how ideas travel between people.