Generalizable Quotes & Sayings

There is a new venue for theory, necessarily impure, where it emerges in and as the very event of cultural translation. This is not the displacement of theory by historicism, nor a simple historicization of theory that exposes the contingent limits of its more generalizable claims. — Judith Butler

I'm interested in authentic experience and the essence of that creative place, and where those myths begin and where they become real on any level. — Chris Robinson

Still, I wonder sometimes what we are asking when we ask if findings apply elsewhere...Maybe what we are really asking when we ask if a study is "generalizable"is: Can it really be this bad everywhere? Or maybe we're asking: Do I really have to pay attention to this problem? — Matthew Desmond

I love choclate chip cookies! — Mike Pantuso

Most people don't believe in themselves. — Johnny Hunt

I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it. — Brandon Sanderson

A geisha has studied a man's moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms. — Arthur Golden

I just want to tell a good story, so I always ask myself, 'Are these people real to me?' — Ruth Rendell

When the rain pours down especially, we have long hours of captivity, in which my sisters determinedly grow bored. But are there books, books there are! Rattling words on the page calling my eyes to dance with them. Everyone else will finish with the singular plowing through, and Ada still has discoveries ahead and behind. — Barbara Kingsolver

Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at market rates. — Kenneth Arrow