When the term 'machine gun' enters common parlance, the word 'machine' becomes much more sinister.
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping.
Parents are perhaps the most common object of resentment, the people who are most frequently blamed for all our failings and failures alike.
The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.
Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing, but a compromise- that which is common to you, me, and everybody.
For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.
There is something very very special, universal and easily identifiable among all Jews; it is beyond territory, it is something we all have in common.
I think inequality is fine, as long as it is in the common interest. The problem is when it gets so extreme, when it becomes excessive.
One common way of judging whether housing's price is in line with its fundamental value is to consider the ratio of housing prices to rents. This is analogous to the ratio of prices to dividends for stocks.
To have my life accepted as just another ordinary life, to have it viewed as common and regular, was a singular moment.
Common participation in the Eucharist can only be a final outcome of ecumenic dialogue, not the starting point.
The elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more elegant than one so called elegant woman.
Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.
All writers are different, each have their own artist way they go about telling a story. The only thing they have in common, is they write.
If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.
I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one thing they had in common was Sinatra.
In common with many who have a brain injury, I initially lost my confidence and felt very vulnerable, as if a protective layer of skin had been stripped away.
Stage fright is very common and could be overcomed through step by step processes, but stuttering is a fright that takes time to conquer.
Nothing is more repugnant to me than brotherly feelings grounded in the common baseness people see in one another.
From the first day we have been fighting the wrong enemy; our common enemy is religion which dictates upon us division and partition.
