Zitat des Tages über Allgemeine Regel / General Rule:
As a general rule, governments are unlimited in their powers. All free governments, perhaps all other governments, are entitled in some shape or other to make laws and to repeal or amend them.
I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress.
The general rule is that anything that is passed on in reproduction does not undergo senescence.
The general rule is to not jump into moving in with whoever you're nutty for. But, you know, I was in a bad relationship, and the day I got out of it, I moved in with Ciera, and she ended up becoming my wife.
Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice?
My general rule is that if everyone knew how to cook fresh produce from their local area, and Monday to Thursday within 20 minutes, you know, there's millions of recipes out there to be had.
As a general rule, if you are prone to melodramatic meltdowns, please avoid purchasing a webcam for any reason.
My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
As a general rule, I am very passionate about any business that I engage in.
As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.
As a general rule, if you have a product that doesn't get the job done that a customer is needing to get done, then often you have to offer it for zero. Because if you ask for money for it - because if it doesn't do the job well, they won't pay for it.
The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.
As a general rule, biology tends to be conservative. It's rare that evolution 'invents' the same process several times.
As a general rule, I do not think judges should consider current societal preferences when ruling on constitutional challenges.
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.
In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.
My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that.
My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.
As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have a stock of durables in use, when times get tight, they put off new purchases. What seem like small cutbacks to the end buyer translate into big swings for the producer.
As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other.
With journalism, films always have to be to do with some personal statement of your own. As a general rule, I resist that. In the States, a question that kept coming up was this: 'How can you, as a man, talk about three women?'
As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book.
Usually, characters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them. The general rule is bad people don't necessarily think they are bad.
As a general rule, I do not think it appropriate for judges to heap either praise or censure upon a legislative measure that comes before them, lest it be thought that their validation, invalidation, or interpretation of it is driven by their desire to expand or constrict what they personally approve or disapprove as a matter of policy.
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
As a general rule of thumb, Democrats do better in national elections when the year's defining issue is economic fairness, and Republicans do better when the defining issue is national security.