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Generalized Quotes

Lines that question what happens when one rule is stretched over everyone.

These Generalized quotes range from a critic's wary take on loving people only when it's safe, to a writer's blunt diagnosis of generalized mediocrity in a stalled intellectual scene. The thread connects to Behavior quotes as much as ideas.

Far too often, children with developmental disorders are diagnosed solely on the basis of their observable behavior, slotted into broad diagnostic pigeonholes and provided generalized treatments that may not always meet their specific needs.

Quotes by Aditi Shankardass

We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.

Quotes by Tahar Ben Jelloun

I am always suspicious of those who impose 'rules' on child rearing. Every child is different in terms of temperament and learning, and every parent responds to a particular child, not some generalized infant or youngster.

Quotes by Siri Hustvedt

Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where black women feel accountable to all the black community's children.

Quotes by Patricia Hill Collins

Adventure Quotes

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy - yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or...

Quotes by Nelson Algren

We have found that fusions of GFP with the RING finger domains of certain E3 ubiquitin ligases creates an unstable GFP. We have used unstable GFP to learn how disruption of microtubules in the touch receptor neurons causes a generalized...

Quotes by Martin Chalfie

I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond.

Quotes by Leonard Lauder

Receptor chemistry, the chemistry of artificial receptor molecules, may be considered a generalized coordination chemistry, not limited to transition metal ions but extending to all types of substrates: cationic, anionic or neutral species of organic, inorganic or biological nature.

Quotes by Jean-Marie Lehn

You can't afford for there to be gaps in your pool of knowledge when it comes to a character; otherwise, what ends up onscreen is generalized and unspecific.

Quotes by David Oyelowo

Always Quotes

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance.

Quotes by Bob Black

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Generalized quotes page focus on?
It collects lines that question broad, one-size-fits-all claims, from a critic wary of easy declarations of love to a writer describing an entire intellectual scene as stuck in generalized mediocrity.
Do these quotes argue for or against generalizing?
Mostly against. Several lines push back on applying one rule to every case, especially around raising children, insisting that each person responds differently to the same situation.
Why would someone search for Generalized quotes specifically?
The word captures a very specific frustration: being lumped into a broad category instead of judged individually. Readers often want language for pushing back on assumptions.
Is this page only about social or political generalizations?
No, it also touches on personal behavior and even scientific language, since 'generalized' shows up describing everything from mediocrity to instability in a lab process.
What pairs well with Generalized quotes?
If broad claims and everyday assumptions interest you, Behavior quotes covers related ground on how people act versus how they're often described.

Several lines here push back on generalized rules, especially around raising children, insisting every case is different underneath. Pair this collection with Always quotes for more on absolute claims and their limits.