Quotes of: Common-things Keyword

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.

Steven Patrick Morrissey

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Gertrude Stein

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

Robertson Davies

Rationality and common sense never goes out of fashion.

Amit Kalantri

It's pretty amazing how uncommon common sense is.

Aaron B. Powell

I understand the common man because I understand me in that regard at least.

Vince McMahon

Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension.

Vladimir Putin

There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense.

Jeannette Rankin

Storytelling awakens us to that which is real. Honest. . . . it transcends the individual. . . . Those things that are most personal are most general, and are, in turn, most trusted. Stories bind. . . . They are basic to who we are. A story composite...

Pieces of White Shell

I prayed to what all things hold in common. I prayed to what makes life. I thought about the elements of the universe, the rocks, the stars, the air, other living things. I tried to get the perspective of what's behind all that. I prayed to the force...

Margaret D. McGee

A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.

Chinese

I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this ...

The Notebook

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the mann...

Thomas Henry Huxley

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art.

Douglas Sirk

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

Jimmy Carter

The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind.

Mason Cooley

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

Seneca

If you don’t have common sense, ask someone who does

Sonya Withrow

Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldn't be only for the rich.

Tony Fernandes

The history of science is the saga of nature defying common sense.

Kedar Joshi