The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of how they are conceived.
When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the 'National Geographic' covers a project, it communicates about plants and fish and underwater technology to more than 10 million people.
The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post.
It is much the best way... to lay the emphasis on the first part of the bar in triple time, and on the first and third parts of the bar in common time.
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
In a time when it is common for chefs to simply reproduce the innovations of others, the few who speak for themselves through their food become the skilled artists of their time.
Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.
This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other.
One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.
If you share a common ancestor with somebody, you're related to them. It doesn't mean that you're going to invite them to the family reunion, but it means that you share DNA.
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
I think that people with differing points of view find common ground in 'Modern Family' is very flattering, and I'm appreciative of that.
The left-leaning thinking that dominates the movie business follows a common liberal instinct to deny the spiritual dimension to every problem, thereby profoundly compounding the difficulties.
One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.
People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning which is capable of constant development and change.
The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to change the facts to fit their views.
The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.
George Carlin is brilliant with words, and Johnny Winters is very creative. It's taking something common and drawing out the humor, being clever with words.
Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.
Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'
Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Horizon gusher - and humans, as well as the corals, fish and other creatures, are suffering the consequences.
