Common Quotes

History more often records the brilliant successes and spectacular defeats of contending forces than the effect of war on the common people.

I'm actually as common as mud. I'm not particularly well read, or bred. But the way I look... I seem to have this sort of 'aristocratic' demeanor.

Sometimes there is a common threat that can produce a common interest in putting aside all the differences in trying to find a constructive solution.

Common European thought is the fruit of the immense toil of translators. Without translators, Europe would not exist; translators are more important than members of the European Parliament.

Common sense is as rare as genius.

I wonder why people work so hard to become politicians just in order to do something wrong.

All of today's DNA, strung through all the cells of the earth, is simply an extension and elaboration of [the] first molecule.

Leadership - mobilization toward a common goal.

Knowledge counts but common sense matters.

As for the common men apart, Who sweat to keep their common breath, And have no hour for books or art-- What dreams have these to hide from death!

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days.

Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold.

We all have common frailties but we need to treasure friends more.

Corruption springs from light: 'tis one same power Creates, preserves, destroys; matter whereon It works, on e'er self-transmutative form, Common to now the living, now the dead.

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Art and politics have many things in common.

Common sense is not an issue in politics--it's an affliction.

All true knowledge contradicts common sense.

Behold this little Bane- The Boon of all alive- As common as it is unknown The name of it is Love.

They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family.

This is an industry that doesn't have the common cold... It has cholera.

Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.

All genuine ideals have one thing in common: they express the desire for something which is not yet accomplished but which is desirable for the purpose of the growth and happiness of the individual.

We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.

Truth is merely common sense, say the naive realist. Really? Then where, precisely, is the location of--a rainbow? In the air? In the eye? In between? Or somewhere else?

The best ideas come unexpectedly from a conversation or a common activity like watering the garden. These can get lost or slip away if not acted on when they occur.

Think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.

Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.

Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.

The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.

A great deal has been said about my commitment not to raise taxes. It's a core value - it's common sense - it's important to keeping and growing jobs - and it's mainstream!

The people are the foundation of the nation. Our only chance for a lasting peace on earth: the release of the strength of the common man.

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

A person who takes a walk of 100 feet and a person who walks 2,000 miles have one major thing in common. They both need to take a first step before they take a second step.

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.

Men pay most attention to what is their own: they care less for what is common; or, at any rate, they care for it only to the extent to which each is individually concerned.

It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.

We should constantly use the most common, little, easy words which our language affords.

The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.

A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

They had nothing in common but the English language.

Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

I listen to a variety of music. The only common point is strong lyrics; I'm more obsessed with lyrics than music. I need to hear a form of truth, and if it's a hard truth, even better.

In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal.