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Quotes About Common

wandered. Such has been my common
~ Brother Lawrence
When addressing politics, we must accustom ourselves to think and speak about the actions and interests of specific, named leaders rather than thinking and talking about fuzzy ideas like the national interest, the common good, and the general welfare. Once we think about what helps leaders come to and stay in power, we will also begin to see how to fix politics. Politics, like all of life, is about individuals, each motivated to do what is good for them, not what is good for others.
~ Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
I'd seen common elements of healing practices—most prominently, the use of rhythm and an emphasis on harmony with nature.
~ Bruce D. Perry
But all of the successful models have one thing in common: They emphasize regulation and connection.
~ Bruce D. Perry
The common person fears to think beyond the common.
~ Bryant McGill
extras with startling accounts of commonplaces never delude you into unnecessary excitements;
~ Herman Melville
He still had not the slightest understanding of why he had really come; he blamed himself for a late flare of desire crudely masked as a need for advice. He had no way of recognizing the very common impulse of a husband to talk things over with his wife.
~ Herman Wouk
There is thus a very great deal in common between the enthusiasm with which Mohammed's teaching attacked the priesthood, the Mass and the sacraments, and the enthusiasm with which Calvinism, the central motive force of the Reformation, did the same.
~ Hilaire Belloc
I watched a train come in. It was full of tourists, who (it may have been a subjective illusion) seemed to me common and worthless people, and sad into the bargain.
~ Hilaire Belloc
Daylight seemed then to be the physical manifestation of common sense.
~ Ian Mcewan
Probably the most common question I get is, 'Who's your dream guest?' That's kind of annoying because there isn't one.
~ Billy Eichner
People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many differences in creed and theology. Surely the answer is that we can meet in service, in shared moral convictions about our nation stemming from a common worldview.
~ Mitt Romney
The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our past, our present and our future. No segment in the society can match with the power, idealism, enthusiasm and courage of the young people.
~ Kailash Satyarthi
Divorces are getting so common that a woman I know doesn't bother getting a new marriage license. They just punch her old one and give her a transfer. You can't teach an old dog new tricks - so she keeps changing dogs.
~ Nipsey Russell
Cliches are cliches because they are true.
~ Harsha Bhogle
For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men.
~ Albert Claude
We all have some version of a fantasy that's easy to escape to, and we all want a real relationship where there's a common give-and-take and you're seen for who you are, and appreciated for that.
~ Keri Russell
By understanding the meaning of common dreams, you can identify issues that want your attention in your waking life.
~ Charles McPhee
The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.
~ Cristina Saralegui
The common man knows exactly what he wants...and deserves to get it good and hard.
~ H. L. Mencken
I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
~ Adam Carolla
That is one curse we all share -- the will to live.
~ Steven Erikson
Dyslexia "it is more common than you can imagine, you are not alone
~ Steven Spielberg
No matter which part of our brains we use, there are two things we all have in common: Our need to travel successfully through the maze of life, And the fact that 90% of our brains are water.
~ Stilton Jarlsberg