Quotes about common
common figure less method subject
First figure out why you want the students to learn the subject and what you want them to know, and the method will result more or less by common sense. Richard P. Feynman
common common-sense
Like anything, ... you got to use some common sense.
common hours overhead prisoners saying seem
Lt. Col. Ronald Stallings told investigators, quote, 'he had no idea,' end quote, that prisoners were being chained overhead for 24 hours and more. What you seem to be saying is that it was common knowledge. Scott Pelley
common lighter texture turkish
Rice and vermicelli is a common combination in Arab and Turkish cooking - it has a lighter texture than rice on its own. Yotam Ottolenghi
common elvis events meet people stranger
The people are very nice. They're friendly. It's like you don't meet a stranger at these events because you've got Elvis as your common ground.
common expand fights policies populist sustain
A populist is someone who fights for common sense economic policies that sustain and expand the middle class. Bruce Braley
common deal interests israeli serves threat
Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners. Dennis Ross
common means toys trade
We have international standards regulating everything from t-shirts to toys to tomatoes. There are international regulations for furniture. That means there are common standards for the global trade in armchairs but not the global trade in arms. Ban Ki-moon
common solve
We don't need to solve the problem of the rich-poor gap. We need to solve the problem of common prosperity. Zong Qinghou
common days form god people phrase realising time
The most common phrase bandied about these days is 'Oh my God'. People say it automatically all the time - not realising that that's a form of prayer.
common customs english far generally immigrant manners medium presented prevailing tongue
What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally prevailing here. Far more important is the manifestation presented when he substitutes for his mother tongue the English language as the common medium of speech. Louis D. Brandeis
common continues divide europe home linked whatever
Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.
common fortune ups-and-downs
Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune. Aesop
common educated education formal knowledge mean preserve wisdom
Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense. Vikas Swarup
common felt guilt incredible please since success terrible unable
What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started. Jim Carrey
common discourse helps inspiring ridiculous seem stylized talking trust
When we put our trust in diplomacy, it is not because it is an inspiring or uplifting discourse or because it helps us see the common humanity in others. The stylized circumlocutions of diplomats can make them seem ridiculous or irrelevant: they never seem to be talking about what is really going on. Noah Feldman
common differs homosexual individual knowledge natural
What the Kinseyites and I had in common so long ago was the knowledge that homosexual and heterosexual behavior are natural to all mammals, and that what differs from individual to individual is the balance between these two complementary but not necessarily conflicted drives. Gore Vidal
common contend death die fight foes life ought small
We are all dwellers on this one small earth; we live one life, die one death; we have the same difficulties to contend with; we ought in common to fight the foes of ignorance and wrong.
common-sense people atmosphere
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. Samuel Butler
common deal goofy men monster trying women
Women and gay men have something in common after all: in that they are trying to deal with this goofy egotistical monster called a man. Edmund White
common lady law learn telling though wise
Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows.
common democracy discuss discussed frankly human issues relationship rights terms whether
We discuss issues very frankly between us, whether it is to do with human rights or democracy. For example, we discussed the issue of Chechnya. However, the relationship between us is important in terms of our common interest, Tony Blair
common indolent prey
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. John Philpot Curran
commonly conflicts internal
There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world. Lakhdar Brahimi
common common-sense concerned life lives people save
We are concerned if one life is lost. If people would just use their common sense, we will save lives every day.
common dug height jackson michael music nancy power reagan touchstone understood visit white
One day in 1984, at the height of his fame, Michael Jackson made a visit to the White House. President and Nancy Reagan may not have dug his music, but they understood the power Mr. Jackson commanded as a common pop-cultural touchstone for just about everyone else. Monica Crowley
common context cut earned men people riches society themselves
When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society. N. R. Narayana Murthy
common-sense needs common
Common sense needs constant reappraisal. Albert Einstein
common-sense fields doe
Common sense invents and constructs no less than its own field than science does in its domain. It is, however, in the nature of common sense not to be aware of this situation.
common-sense mind prejudice
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.
common-sense genius common
Common sense is genius in homespun. Alfred North Whitehead
common grain wells
And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain. Alfred Lord Tennyson
common-sense simplicity sublime
Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.