If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Some people say Larry the Cable Guy's only successful because he's pandering to the lowest common denominator, blatantly and not ironically exploiting… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
We've been in a recession, by any common sense definition, because if you look at the American public, they've got 20 billion… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent,… — Pauline Hanson Copy Share Image
A lot of people like to fool you and say that you're not smart if you never went to college, but common… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
Love may exist without jealousy, although this is rare: but jealousy may exist without love, and this is common; for jealousy can… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
What is called common sense is excellent in its department, and as invaluable as the virtue of conformity in the army and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
All things are linked with one another, and this oneness is sacred; there is nothing that is not interconnected with everything else.… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Politically speaking, tribal nationalism [patriotism] always insists that its own people are surrounded by 'a world of enemies' - 'one against all'… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, all life on earth - the only life we know - represents, for all its current variety, the results of a… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
In effective, sustained citizen action, people learn the skills of public life with which to act effectively. "Commons," or the common wealth-the… — Harry Boyte Copy Share Image
The journey to sacred places is the most common way that people travel in India. They are always going on pilgrimages to… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
Christian musicians today, minus about ten bands, have never had to fight to be accepted or heard like general market bands have… — Reese Roper Copy Share Image
It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks… — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
As long as any pro wrestling we see on the TV screen doesn't insult my intelligence and can continually use common sense,… — Jim Ross Copy Share Image
it's no use trying to pretend that mostpeople and ourselves are alike. Mostpeople have less in common with ourselves than thesquarerootofminusone. You… — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
Demetrie came to wait on my grandmother in 1955 and stayed for 32 years. It was common, in Mississippi, to have a… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
No wreaths please - especially no hothouse flowers. Some common memento is better, something he prized and is known by: his old… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of the value divide - how to define… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
The most common music that you hear anywhere in the world now basically has its roots in that union that happened in… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Life sure is easier when you're rich." "And a natural born charmer. Don't forget that part." "How could I?" she retorted. "It's… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
My mother was a great advocate of women's rights, a member of the League of Women's Voters and lifelong member of Planned… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
I plead guilty to that when I was young pastor. In one of my churches I changed so much, one old wag… — Jerry Vines Copy Share Image
Girl Scouts offered a wonderful group of girls where common concerns and interests could come together. We could learn, be challenged, and… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly,… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
Making verses is almost as common as taking snuff, and God can tell what miserable stuff people carry about in their pockets,… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
When somebody says something I don't agree with, I say I'd rather not. It comes to the point where that is the… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Alas, our rulers are not gods, but puny, fallible men, like the kings who constantly forget their parts, and we common men… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
The Universal Declaration... as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations...it not only crystallizes the political thought of… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he's just much misguided. He's boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I… — Dan Castellaneta Copy Share Image
Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
Oh absolutely. I had the pleasure to get to know a lot of really talented young actors before they even really hit… — Chad Lowe Copy Share Image
Russia has a common interest in confronting radical Islamic terrorism and especially ISIS. And if we have opportunities to work together I… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
I was really intrigued by how - sort of the common themes and sort of the blend among music, and that was… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Nellie's brow furrowed. "The great Mr. Hip-Hop Mogul standing in line with the common peasants? How do you figure that?" Dan grinned.… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
Jokes often arise involuntarily, like dreams, and tend to be swiftly forgotten. From these similarities Freud inferred that jokes and dreams share… — Jim Holt Copy Share Image