Quotes about common
common-decency worst-enemy literature
The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency. Aldous Huxley
common-sense age layers
Common sense consists of those layers of prejudice laid down before the age of 18. Albert Einstein
common mean speak thinking
When, therefore, in common language, we speak of having an idea of anything, we mean no more by that expression, but thinking of it. Thomas Reid
common hates inevitable meet quick share shows writers writers-and-writing
When writers meet they are truculent, indifferent, or over-polite. Then comes the inevitable moment. A shows B that he has read something of B s. Will B show A? If not, then A hates B, if yes, then all is well. The only other way for writers to meet is to share a quick pee over a common lamp-post. Cyril Connolly
common speak team
We want the referees to be a team and they should all be able to speak and write a common language.
common-purpose social employers
Social honour recognises no distinction between the employer and the unemployed. All of them work for a common purpose and are entitled to equal honour and respect. Adolf Hitler
common ecological family harmonies hostility ideologies modernity moral nature nostalgia primitive rhythms shared
A hostility to modernity is shared by ideologies that have nothing else in common - a nostalgia for moral clarity, small-town intimacy, family values, primitive communism, ecological sustainability, communitarian solidarity, or harmonies with the rhythms of nature. Steven Pinker
common created derive earth food god manner might property
God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and that the Earth should also be a property common to all.
common economic level life people rich street thread truth whether
The truth about people at every economic level of life is you get those who are kind and who are not, those who are greedy, whether they be rich or poor. That's a common thread through humanity on any street you go to. Gavin Hood
common man wants war
Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too. Warren Christopher
common statesmen terrible war
Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever. Arthur Henderson
common mankind mohammed romantic second side
With the first commandment, Mohammed tried to imprison common sense. And with the second commandment, the beautiful, romantic side of mankind was enslaved. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
common concern deceiving interested ought persuading suspect themselves
Such as have reason, understanding, or common sense, will, and ought to make use of it in those things that concern themselves and their posterity, and suspect the words of such as are interested in deceiving or persuading them not to see with their own eyes. Algernon Sidney
common corner fuel hollywood possibly sure
Anxiety is a kind of fuel that activates the fight-or-flight part of the brain in me. It makes sure that a velociraptor isn't around the corner and that you do as much as you possibly can to survive. Because Hollywood has a lot in common with 'Jurassic Park' and its primeval-dinosaur universe. Ben Affleck
common people
We have much more in common with other people than we have apart. Ben Carson
common shakespeare work
Each of my Shakespeare pieces is different to the other, but each espouses a set of philosophies common to all my theatre work. Tim Crouch
common common-sense dreaming ways
We are always dreaming up ways to be more efficient. A lot of it is common sense.
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common anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism is extremely common. A. N. Wilson
common evening experience friend happens life people step stranger time total
The people who can step up my experience are those who have a common set of experiences with people I know. Think about it. How often did a total stranger come into your life to make your evening better? Not very often. But the friend of your friend? That happens all the time. Robert Scoble
common good totally
I am totally down with disagreement. I don't like Haterade, but disagreement is wonderful. When someone disagrees, we try to reach common ground. That's good. Roxane Gay
common criticisms ends genre happily lack readers stories
One of the most common criticisms of romance is that the genre is too prescribed: If every romance novel ends happily ever after, don't the stories lack complexity? Don't the readers get bored? Sarah MacLean
common guthrie man people songs woody
People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, they were so common it was just uncommon. Arlo Guthrie
common life music people stunt
I can take an opinion, but I don't like when you try and spew hate and contaminate the way other people think. I feel like I'm one of the people that's always made music for the common man. That's why I don't really live my life the way I could. I don't stunt as much as I could stunt, 'cause that's not who my music is for. Wale
common finds history plan resonance
I don't plan ahead; each book finds me. History itself, the resonance of the past with the present, is the common denominator in all of them. Guy Gavriel Kay
common east roof saw seen side time
This wouldn't be common at all. I saw that buckle on the east side of the roof -- 8 to 10 inches. That's the first time I've ever seen anything like that.
common express men people speak wise writers-and-writing
To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do. Aristotle
common condemned eventually great meet
A common soldier will make an empire, but he will eventually meet his fate and be condemned to the Great Rock. Nostradamus
common love meet music records shared tower
Tower Records was a place to meet your friends, your co-workers or a place to meet new friends who shared a common love of music, literature and all things cultural. Colin Hanks
common conversion currency flip rational religion revelation sides
Conversion and zealotry, just like revelation and apostasy, are flip sides of the same coin, the currency of a political culture having more in common with religion than rational discourse. Norman Finkelstein
common contain expressed family frail impulses meets vessel
A family is too frail a vessel to contain the risks of all the warring impulses expressed when such a group meets on common ground. Pat Conroy
common divine men performed phenomena territory
Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization. Paramahansa Yogananda
common government minnesota positions proper sensible taking understanding
It's a sense in Minnesota that we need to get back to common sense. We need to get back to taking sensible looks at positions and understanding the proper role of government. Pete Hegseth