Common Quotes

A common objection to inherited wealth is that it stifles the urge to work. I have not generally observed this to be true.

The American Way is so restlessly creative as to be essentially destructive; the American Way is to carry common sense itself almost to the point of madness.

A short time ago the demagogues blamed capitalism for the poverty of the masses. Today they rather blame capitalism for the "affluence" that it bestows upon the common man.

Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with matter in the water or the air.

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

It will be necessary for us Indians - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home - to recognize a common flag to live and die for.

The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and have used it before this with success.

Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

Low-wage workers are also consumers. It's just common sense: when these workers have more take-home pay it leads to spending that trickles up to benefit many small, locally owned businesses.

Almost everyone I meet is successful because of doing a lot of things right, and almost everyone I meet is successful in spite of some behavior that defies common sense.

Find your purpose by excavating and tying together the common threads of your happy memories by focusing on the emotions you felt.

We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.

I cannot hate them because nothing binds me to them; I have nothing in common with them.

Faction is the greatest evil and the most common danger. "Faction" is the conventional English translation of the Greek stasis, one of the most remarkable words to be found in any language.

It isn't the common man at all who is important: it's the uncommon man.

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.

It is a common failing of man not to take account of tempests during fair weather.

A complete need should not exist... love, life in common with loved ones?

The euro is a vital issue for Germany. There is no other country that derives as much benefit from the common domestic market and the monetary union as Germany.

Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.

The most common misconception about me is that I'm basically a jazz singer.

USE COMMON SENSE. If somebody offers you a thousand dollars for this book, chances are their motives are not pure. Then again, a thousand dollars is a lot of money. Take the money and run.

The problem with the common person is that he is so unbearably common!

Be persistent with your disturbance until you get face to face with the Lord himself. Don't deify common sense.

We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.

We owe to genius always the same debt, of lifting the curtain from the common, and showing us that divinities are sitting disguised in the seeming gang of gypsies and peddlars.

I think we live in a pluralistic society where we have to get along with each other and show common grace to each other.

The shy and the extroverted have this in common — that they both fancy they are the center of attention.

At the beginning of each lecture I say, 'Here's a set of events unexplainable by common sense, and I promise you'll be able to solve this mystery at the end of class.'

A movement got started for common schools, and by the end of the 19th century, 91 percent of Americans could read and write.

Live and let live is the rule of common justice.

We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution.

My hobby more and more is likely to be common school education, or universal education.

Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.

Difficult" and "impossible" are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common." (Locke Lamora to Requin)

The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.

Sometimes in common relationships,i ts hard to break the Ice,so just look hot and you'll melt it

Common sense is the fundamental factor in all spiritual disciplines. No rule is an eternal rule. Rules change from place to place, time to time and from one condition to another condition.

Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members.

Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff.

Those of different faiths and no faith should seek areas of common agreement based on their different perspectives.

Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent.

The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen.'

Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it.

If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common sense will suffice to do everything else.

The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just.

One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements and values that we actually share.

We have Not one In common No two Are shaped alike The third Because of that eye we lack In the fourth Direction there is no hope The fifth is at the heart.