Quotes of: Common-things Keyword

I dated all these girls and ended up not liking them and thought to myself, 'What was it that all of them had in common?' They had too much time on their hands. Even though they were pretty, they lacked something. A woman could be less attractive but...

Wale

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

J. Edgar Hoover

[Charlotte watches Kelly at a publicity interview explain her working relationship with Keanu Reeves] Kelly: And we both have two dogs, and we both live in L.A., so we have all these different things in common.

Lost in Translation

Noah: Summer romances begin for all kinds of reasons, but when all is said and done, they have one thing in common. They're shooting stars, a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, fleeting glimpse of eternity, and in a flash they're gone.

The Notebook

I've been lucky between 'Buffy,' 'Angel,' 'Alias,' and then 'Lost.' The thing they all have in common is that they were all fearless. They were not afraid to be different and try something different. Even if you didn't know that it was going to work,...

Drew Goddard

Things that seem too common: too many furnishings where one is sitting; too many brushes around an inkstone; too many Buddhas in a home chapel; too many stones and trees and bushes in a garden courtyard; too many children and grandchildren in a house...

Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko

If the spirit of their intercourse were still the same after their coming together as it had been when they were living apart,' Aristotle writes, their association can't really be considered a polis, or political community. 'A polis is not an associa...

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Mitchell Sanders was right. For the common soldier, at least, war has the feel-the spiritual texture-of a great ghostly fog, thick and permanent. There is no clarity. Everything swirls. The old rules are no longer binding, the old truths no longer tr...

The Things They Carried

We all share three things in common: We are breathing, we have a heart, and most importantly we have twenty four hours to live. With those things, we should not have an excuse as to why the dash between our birth and death dates is so much more small...

David L. King Jr.

The first requirement of a sound body of law is, that it should correspond with the actual feelings and demands of the community, whether right or wrong.

The Common Law

To sit and contemplate - to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy and yet content to remain where and what you are.

The Common Reader

For ourselves, who are ordinary men and women, let us return thanks to Nature for her bounty by using every one of the senses she has given us.

The Common Reader

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.

Discourse on Method

Nothing important should ever be more than two clicks away.

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar.

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

Try your ideas. You might surprise yourself.

Bitten by the Business Bug: Common Sense Tips for Business and Life from a Teen Entrepreneur

It is easy to be clever if you leave something important out.

The Black Goddess and the Unseen Real: Our Uncommon Senses and Their Common Sense

Data that comes subliminally and is acted upon will look like luck or inspiration.

The Black Goddess and the Unseen Real: Our Uncommon Senses and Their Common Sense

To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams.

Giorgio de Chirico

Luckily, common sense had never been a strong suit of mine and my feet moved faster than my brain.

An Airship Named Desire

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

The Angel's Game