Quotes of: Common-sense Keyword

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

Alphonse de Lamartine

I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking common ground rather than trying to divide us.

Bob Casey, Jr.

What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.

Louis D. Brandeis

The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.

Peter DeFazio

A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.

Rowan Williams

Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.

Thomas Aquinas

You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common.

Lyle Lovett

When you do the common things in an uncommon way, you'll command the attention of the world.

George Washington Carver

A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.

Confucius

My opinion was that if we had a common enemy we should get together commonly.

Julius Rosenberg

Faith and beliefs are the common things in all religion, so God is the faith and the belief without exception.

Debasish Mridha

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.

Jenna Elfman

A common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of a liberal, tolerant spirit in religious matters, are possible.

Annie Besant

America's strength is not our diversity; our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal.

Ernest Istook

The greatest service we can do the common man is to abolish him and make all men uncommon.

Norman Angell

To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.

Roger Ascham

Ball tempering is common in Cricket. Rigging is common in Elections. Whats the big deal? — Najumi Sethi

Life

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.

William Allen White

Good health and good sense are two great blessings.

Latin

For us of course the shared activity and therefore the companionship on which Friendship supervenes will not often be a bodily one like hunting or fighting. It may be a common religion, common studies, a common profession, even a common recreation. A...

The Four Loves

Accordingly, identification, or the formation of composite figures, serves different purposes: first, to represent a feature both persons have in common; secondly, to represent a common feature; but thirdly, to find expression for a common feature th...

The Interpretation of Dreams