Common Quotes

A friend of ours has a hobby doing genealogy, and we found out that we were cousins in the ninth degree, that we had a common ancestor on the Mayflower.

What do Harley-Davidson, LEGO, and Apple have in common? They're all based on communities.

I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense, and mental hygiene.

The most sophisticated people I've ever known had just one thing in common: they were all in touch with their inner children.

Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

I expect from our judges that their verdicts are also inspired by Talmudic law - and not only by common law or European justice systems.

Our shared histories and common values make us natural trading partners and we will continue to work with both the United Kingdom and the European Union as we move forward with this new decision.

I want to block some common misunderstandings about "understanding": In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word "understanding."

The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof.

There is no mistaking love. You feel it in your heart. It is the common fiber of life, the flame that heats our soul, energizes our spirit, and supplies passion to our lives.

Over 70% of what are called corruption (cases), even by EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) and other anti-corruption agencies, is not corruption, but common stealing.

These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of war as are common among the Indians of the Missouri.

It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.

Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.

It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'.

I don't understand you. You don't understand me. What else do we have in common?

This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good of our community.

It's good to find common ground with people. When you find common ground and you see things from other people's perspective, you can have a voice in their lives, you can have an influence.

It is no common mortal who speaks to us in this music.

Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator.

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.

Depression comes back over time in about 90 percent of people on antidepressants. Studies show that relapses are far less common when people are treated with psychotherapy.

What paper planes and empty seats most have in common is that they are best made by children still learning how to ride things out.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.

If I point to anything that makes me who I am, it's that I have a whole lot of common sense. I've got a good mind and a good ability to read people and situations.

I want to say to anyone who works in a drone workplace, raise the bar! There's no reason why you have to dress to the lowest common denominator.

What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.

Ukip policies are common-sense policies.

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.

It is a know fact that almost all revolutions have been the work, not of the common people, but of the aristocracy, and especially of the decayed part of the aristocracy.

Eyes that look are common; eyes that see are rare.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

The spiritual world is connected with the physical world. The common factor connecting all things is true love.

The question of common sense is always: 'what is it good for?' - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.

The Bible has always been regarded as part of the Common Law of England.

Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.

Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.

I don't believe virginity is common as it used to be.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made.

America is not like a blanket- one piece of unbroken cloth. America is more like a quilt- many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven together by a common thread.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

If we reach common ground, and can understand what everybody's going through, we can really affect change. And make sure that everyone is trated equally and has the same freedom.

He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.

Christianity, sharing the Christian faith, in common, gives you instant friendship, and that is the remarkable thing, because it transcends culture.