Quotes of: Common Keyword

To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.

Baron d'Holbach

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

George Berkeley

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

People in blind love throw away common sense, conscience and comedy from the life.

Amit Kalantri

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

Labour was always aligned with the U.S. during the Cold War, but the ignominious implosion of communism reinforced the belief that no alternative to the prevailing common sense was possible.

Martin Jacques

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

None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power.

French

It is common knowledge that 87% of the problems of the world are caused by cats. No cats, no problems." Hank the Cowdog

The Case of the Secret Weapon

Dictators long ago found that it is easier to unite people in common hatred than in common love.

A Dictionary of Thought

As a rule, conventions only become conventions if they work.

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

I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions.

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

You're a romantic. What's romantic about a guy wanting to go somewhere and actually getting there?

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

But like balloons, they were excessively buoyant, and if you weren't careful, they floated away.

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

I was lonely, and a lonely heart has hungers that can overpower both common sense and dignity.

Fool's Assassin

Friendship is the underlying element, the common denominator of every relationship.

Friends With Benefits: Rethinking Friendship, Dating & Violence

The Greeks were realists. They saw the beauty of common things and were content with it.

The Greek Way

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.

Brushstrokes of a Gadfly