Quotes of: Common-sense Keyword

Protestantism came to America to make America Protestant. It was assumed that was to be done through faith in the reasonableness of the common man and the establishment of a democratic republic.

Stanley Hauerwas

I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.

Spike Lee

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Confucius

LOVE is made up of a strong affection and patience whiles LUST is made up of a strong affection and impatience. Affection is common to them, but patience is not common.

Israelmore Ayivor

The governments and their policies have failed, the church is the last hope of the common man, I value a church that is a home for all.

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.

Douglas Coupland

Bubbles have quite a few things in common, but housing bubbles have a spectacular thing in common, and that is every one of them is considered unique and different.

Jeremy Grantham

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

Cristina Saralegui

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces.

Christopher Dawson

A wise man once told me- he’s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than he does a fanatic of his own religion. He has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded Christian or a Buddhist or Hindu than he does with a fanat...

Shantaram

Whereas once medieval Europe had adhered to a common Catholic religion, a common Latin language, and common well-spiced cuisine (at least, for the elite), the balkanization of the Christian world along national lines now meant that nations could no l...

Michael Krondl

A good sense of humor will get you everywhere.

Josh Bowman

Once you appreciate one of your blessings, one of your senses, your sense of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting, you learn to respect all the senses.

Maya Angelou

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.

Edward Albee

Focus on giants - you stumble. Focus on God - Giants tumble.

Cast of Characters: Common People in the Hands of an Uncommon God

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....

The Common Good

You are the only you God made... God made you and broke the mold.

Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot

There is no UFO and also there is no alien, at least not in common mind nor reference.

Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror.

Recollections on the French Revolution

That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more: Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.

In Memoriam

A book, a book full of human touches, of shirts, a book without loneliness, with men and tools, a book is victory.

Odes to Common Things