“ In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!", May 10, 1886) Anton Chekhov
“ It is one of the striking generalizations of biochemistry—which surprisingly is hardly ever mentioned in the biochemical text-books—that the twenty amino acids and the four bases, are, with minor rese… Francis Crick
“ Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. Ezra Pound
“ I know you have not thought about it. Italians always act without thinking, it's the glory and the downfall of your civilisation. A German plans a month in advance what his bowel movements will be at… Louis de Bernieres
“ Generalization is a natural human mental process, and many generalizations are true—in average. What often does promote evil behavior is the lazy, nasty habit of believing that generalizations have an… David Brin
“ General theories are everywhere condemned; the doctrine of the Rights of Man is dismissed with the doctrine of the Fall of Man. Atheism itself is too theological for us to-day. Revolution itself is to… G.K. Chesterton
“ There is an old saying, or should be, that it is a wise economist who recognizes the scope of his own generalizations. John Kenneth Galbraith
“ Generalization is flawed thinking only when applied to individuals. It is the most accurate way to describe the mass, the Wad. And yours is a democracy, a dictatorship of the Wad. Trevanian
“ Ideas, of course, have a place in fiction, and any writer of fiction needs a mind. But ideas are not the best for fiction. They do not dramatize well. They are, rather, a by-product, something the re… Wallace Stegner
