Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dalai Lama

There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings.

Dalai Lama

Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.

David Berg

Heaven is a pretty practical, common sense, down-to-earth place!

Daisaku Ikeda

Dialogue starts from the courageous willingness to know and be known by others. It is the painstaking and persistent effort to remove all obstacles that obscure our common humanity.

I was interested in stepping out as a woman in philanthropy because I know that there are lots of powerful and generous women in the community and it gives us a common cause, which is schools. We show that we have strength and influence.

I wouldn't say it's common - it really is dependent on a large number of factors,

I would surmise that the single most common characteristic of learners today is being time-constrained.

Just spray and just do the common sense things you'd do at this time of the year.

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

I suspect that is going to be a pretty common situation for the guys who worked the port.

I think it is common practice. This is something that other countries have done in the past. The US put such a levy in place in 1972.

He is there to promote common interests between the two countries and to try to reduce the 'China threat' image. This is a very serious challenge.

Thomas Piketty

Market forces and capitalism by themselves aren't sufficient to ensure the common good and to limit the concentration of wealth at levels that are compatible with democratic ideals.

Michio Kaku

Cancer is like the common cold; there are so many different types. In the future we'll still have cancer, but we'll detect it very, very early, so that it won't kill anybody. We'll zap it at the molecular level decades before it grows into a tumor.

My message to Washington is the United States has gone through incredible crises, and our leaders have been able to find common ground. And that's what our leaders have to do.

What we've seen is what we would expect. Infectious disease outbreaks are not common following hurricanes.

Here's a very simple, common sense idea - if you practice something more, you get better at it; if you can't complete everything you need to do, take more time.

John Prescott

have a great deal in common and a lot to discuss.

I think it's just common sense, ... These are people with a propensity for service who previously served honorably and who are trained. If they want to serve, why shouldn't we offer them that opportunity? And why should we put up barriers?

I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think it's common sense, ... Do you want to work with someone who you are attacking? You don't have to say anything. You don't have to be sleazy and make deals.

Menzies Campbell

It is a fundamental and profound disappointment. The government made a goal to have reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. All they have is promises.

Charlotte Gilman

The people people have for friends You common sense appall But the people people marry Are the queerest folk of all.

Hockey is steeped in our city's history and is a common touch point for Torontonians. It's time that Toronto hosted the world juniors. We know Torontonians will embrace this championship tournament, which will leave a lasting legacy for our world-class city.

There is a need for a common-sense voice in Lincoln. I want to provide that voice for Lincoln County.

John Lowe

Humor is a good way, as it always has been, of drawing people in, exploiting the stereotype and finding a common ground.

It is possible that they all had common exposure to sick poultry but it is also possible there may have been human to human transmission. We don't have enough information to draw a hypothesis either way.

Amani Toomer

I think we've pretty much reached a common ground. We see that he's willing to meet us halfway, so we're willing to meet him halfway.

I think that as a whole, the African-American community needs to come together and really support each other and work together towards a common goal.

I think it's not very common to be truly physically fit and obese, though it is theoretically possible,

Martin O'Malley

I think it's really, really important to grow the consensus and to realize that there is always some value that can be shared with another American, on any issue. Starting from those points of common belief and shared values is very, I think, important to forging the consensus that allows these issues to more forward.

John Milton

Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source / Of human offspring, sole propriety / In Paradise of all things common else.

He felt comfortable in so many different situations. He had the respect of world leaders and the common man.