Quotes of: Common-things Keyword

One common denominator of super-affluent alpha men is the conviction, unchallenged every day, that the world revolves around them.

Tina Brown

Complaining solves nothing but creative problem solving amongst people with a common focus will produce solutions.

Auliq Ice

In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.

Alfred Marshall

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

Aesop

A common and highly effective method for challenging a statement is to compare it to the previous statements of the witness for consistency and to compare it with the physical evidence.

Robert P. McCulloch

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

Winston Churchill

Common human experience alone is no guarantee with which we can build a science of psychology.

Wolfgang Köhler

Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.

Walter Legge

According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.

Jeff Miller

I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war.

Geraldine Brooks

Celebration comes when the common features of life are redeemed.

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

Men had suddenly become a scarce commodity, if not quite as sought after as rice.

The Commoner

Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us?

Common Sense

What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common....

The Drawing of the Three

Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.

Dorothy Day

Just remember, you are not alone, in fact you are in a very common place with millions of others. We need to help each other and keep striving to reach our goals.

Mike Moreno

... a comment with the idle arrogance common of such nobodies who have just come into a small bit of power.

Hyperion

I cannot hate them because nothing binds me to them; I have nothing in common with them.

Immortality

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Mostly Harmless

Manners count. Be polite and seek out the common ground, not just the high ground.

Paris in April

Love burns. Whiskey burns. George Burns. What do all three have in common? They’re all dead to me.

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