Common Quotes

Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny.

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men.

A common currency imposes on us a duty to cooperate more on policy.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state.

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

The other thing is that doctors test only the most common estrogen level. There are three kinds of estrogen in a woman but they don't test the other two because they are so rare; mine was the third kind of estrogen.

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.

A great deal has been said about my commitment not to raise taxes. It's a core value - it's common sense - it's important to keeping and growing jobs - and it's mainstream!

The only thing Martha and I have in common is that we both used to model. Martha Stewart is extremely talented. Her designs are picture perfect. Our philosophy is life is messy, and rather than being afraid of those messes we design products that work the way we live.

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience.

A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.

Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions.

Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.

I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are referred to as 'do-gooders.' This is how a phrase that can be used to stop an argument dead becomes part of common usage.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

I think anybody would have to be with out common sense to think there weren't aliens. There are billions of planets, and I am convinced Earth is not the only one that's inhabited. It would be quite an ego trip to think that. I think about it all the time.

People don't think their dreams amount to much, but when I ask them to examine them for common themes, they surprise themselves at how accurate they are! They see that their dreams have value.

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

Common sense often makes good law.