Quotes by Generalization In general, generalization is to lie, to tell lies. B.S. Johnson generalization lying Particular facts are never scientific; only generalization can establish science. Claude Bernard generalization particular facts The true enemy of man is generalization. Czeslaw Milosz generalization men enemy All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one. Dwight D. Eisenhower generalization including We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious. Eric Hoffer generalization contagious assuming People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations Graham Greene generalization meaningless people A single observation that is inconsistent with some generalization points to the falsehood of the generalization, and thereby 'points to itself'. Ian Hacking generalization inconsistent observation I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical nature to things, so you don't want to start making generalizations about how bad things have become in comparison to the old days. Jeffrey Jones generalization want feels An aphorism is a generalization, therefore not modern. John Fowles generalization aphorism modern There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through. John Gunther generalization selfishness cutting The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour. Karl Marx generalization revolution spirit All generalizations, with the possible exception of this one, are false. Kurt Gödel generalization exception Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one. Mark Twain generalization dangerous danger No generalization is wholly true—not even this one. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. generalization Data without generalization is just gossip. Robert M. Pirsig generalization gossip data No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends. William James generalization details