Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they…

It's commonly said that if slaughterhouses had clear glass walls, nobody would eat meat. I think people go out of their way to remain…

— Steve-O

If left untreated, Lyme disease can be crippling, yet it is a difficult illness to contract: a tick needs to attach itself to your…

— Michael Specter

Notwithstanding this high Ecclesiastical authority, he who dared accept truth only because it could be proved, or proved to be good, and disregard authority,…

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

The guard rails on a highway may restrict some folks from driving the way they want, but those rules mostly end up saving the…

— Steven Weber

History is a lie commonly agreed upon.

— Oscar Wilde

Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. There has been no failure on our…

— Edmond H. Fischer

With what shift and pains we come into the World we remember not; but 'tis commonly found no easy matter to get out of…

— Thomas Browne

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…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

“be appropriate for others. E.g., 'italic' is commonly used”

— Anonymous

Though 'Fire and Rain' is very personal, for other people it resonates as a sort of commonly held experience... And that's what happens with…

— James Taylor

Language mavens commonly confuse their own peeves with a worsening of the language.

— Steven Pinker

Did you know In the Top 100 words most commonly used, NO comes in at 56 and 'YES'isn't even on there..

— Rose

Barium, which is commonly found in power plant waste and scrubber wastewater, has been linked to heart problems and diseases in other organs.

— Charles Duhigg

And let me take one of the explanations most commonly given: Analysts were pressured to reach conclusions that would fit the political agenda of…

— David Kay