Common Quotes

Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident happened during the whole time of my residence.

Many heroic exploits and chivalrous adventures are related to me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man.

The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.

When people come together around common vision, they can accomplish great things. We need the instruments that pull our people together, not apart.

Happiness and bacteria have one thing in common; they multiply by dividing!

Good design is probably 98% common sense. Above all, an object must function well and efficiently-and getting that part right requires a good deal of time and attention.

A natural response to a natural phenomenon -that is the secret of success in business and management. You will always win if you rely on common sense.

The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power.

You know, you don't have to have money to be a successful businessperson. You don't need a college degree. You just need a lot of common sense backed up by a willingness to work hard.

[on what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common] I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence.

The standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs.

This world of the imagination is fancy-free and violently opposed to common sense.

More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought.

I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport, although that end is what we have all ostensibly been striving to attain.

Love is the common denominator that unites all people whatever religion they are.

One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.

some people meet the way the sky meets the earth, inevitably, and there is no stopping or holding back their love. It exists in a finished world, beyond the reach of common sense.

The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.

It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.

I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?

Every mind has another vision of reality. There is not a common reality. Every person thinks he is like the others, but every person is different, living in his own psychology.

Art as language....in the future there will only be art. This common language will carry the message of love.

It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.

Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.

Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.

In some countries the common people are not permitted to read the Bible at all. In ours, it is as common as a newspaper and in schools is read with nearly the same degree of respect.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

Constitution is for the people, people are not for the constitution. Change it for the betterment of the common man.

The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance to be accidental.

The gift of perfume to a flower is a special grace like genius or like beauty, and never becomes common or cheap.

Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.

As simplistic as this may sound, commitment is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

Our similarities bring us to a common ground; Our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.

One of the key insights of the systems approach has been the realization that the network is a pattern that is common to all life. Wherever we see life, we see networks.

I never succeed in painting scenes, however beautiful, immediately upon returning from them. I must wait for a time to draw a veil over the common details.

There is a brotherhood within the body of believers, and the Lord Jesus Christ is the common denominator. Friendship and fellowship are the legal tender among believers.

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.

I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense.

There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

A common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers.

I did not know it was possible to be so miserable and live but I am told that this is a common experience.

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.

Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance?

TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

Burgundy was the winiest wine, the central, essential, and typical wine, the soul and greatest common measure of all the kindly wines of the earth.

The common denominator for success is work.

It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.

It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common.