Quotes About Generalization

We must here follow the first course so as to be able to pass on later to generalisations which extend beyond the limits of Euclidean geometry.

African society and culture varies much more than European society but it's just considered 'Africa' as if they are all the same.

You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the "basket of deplorables." —Hillary Clinton, September 9, 2016

Why, I wondered, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, who ought therefore to know better, generalize so suavely and so mendaciously about the golden hours of youth--that period of life when every sorrow seems permanent and every setback insuperable?

Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalise so suavely and so mendaciously about the golden hours of youth - that period of life when every sorrow seems permanent, and every set-back insuperable?

It became clear when I got in my car that Persians are only really good for two things. Oil and hummus.

think, indeed, that women have a better grasp on the whole business of life than we men have. We are morally better than they are, but they can reach perfection, we can't. And that is in spite of the fact that they particularise, we generalise.

Greeks are just Jews without money.

A study, by its very nature, is an abstraction.

I never said all Democrats were saloon keepers. What I said was that all saloon keepers were Democrats.

Of course, in meeting Hume's challenge, we do have to concede that he was right in that no degree of evidence can confirm a universal generalization. However, it does not follow that we are slobbering dogs.

Generalizations about the mentalities and behaviour of millions of Germans in the Nazi era are bound to be of limited application – apart, perhaps, from the generalization that, for the great mass of the population, the figurative colours to look for are less likely to be stark black and white than varying and chequered shades of grey.

Men suck. - Not all men. Just the really good ones.

The English," said MacWilliam, a trace of Highland accent appearing for once in his speech, "are not by and large an educated people.

We don't classify all doctors as incompetent because of the infrequent instances of medical malpractice. We don't use the example of one bad teacher in our children's school to draw a negative conclusion of the entire teaching profession. We should apply that same rational standard when it comes to how we view law enforcement.

Only one sort of man is worse than an Italian when it comes to their appetite for women." "Oh? And what is that?" "A Frenchmen.

Men, they have the two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, you fix him the burrito. —Rosita Rivera, who was well acquainted with politicians and men

Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to classification somewhere within neatly labeled categories. Even the outrageous exceptions may be classified as outrageous exceptions!

Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to classification somewhere within neatly labelled categories. Even the outrageous exceptions may be classified as outrageous exceptions

the fact that she completely obscured his view of the road was quite irrelevant since Asian drivers never look where they're going.

The people I make fun of most are white people. They're the dumbest ones. They really are.

I specialize in generalizations.

You're right, all guys are the same. It has nothing to do with you exclusively dating douchebags.

Economics is not an attempt to generalize human desires or human behavior; but to generalize the phenomena of price.