Quotes about common
common-sense half fine
Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense. Alexander Pope
common-sense intuition earth
Common sense is merely unaided intuition, and unaided intuition is reasoning performed in the absense of instruments and the tested knowledge of science. Common sense tells us that massive satellites cannot hang suspended 36,000 kilometers above the one point on the earth's surface, but they do... E. O. Wilson
common language english-language
They had nothing in common but the English language. E. M. Forster
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 body lines
The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health. Andrew Weil
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.
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 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 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 generally liked root shows slightly spite teenagers tv
I've always liked TV shows that have slightly unlikable leads, where you root for them in spite of a lot of things. I know it's not common with shows with young people; they have to be so likable. But, I mean, teenagers just generally aren't very likable. I know I wasn't as a teenager. Bo Burnham
common life
This administration affects the everyday life of the common person. Al Jourgensen
common counter early ground matter trying waiting work
We're kind of waiting on a counter from them. We're still way early in the negotiations. We're just getting started. It's just a matter of trying to find some common ground and going to work on that common ground.
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 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