Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the… — Henry A. Wallace Copy Share Image
Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness. — George Sand Copy Share Image
There are such things as consecrated griefs, sorrows that may be common to everyone but which take on a special character when… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
I could almost see common sense and denial fighting away at each other within her. In the end, denial won, as it… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
He had the uncanny capacity to know exactly what your weak point is, know what will make you feel small, to make… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
My parents broke up when I was six. Before, I was a very active, naughty child, but after my father left me,… — Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Copy Share Image
Truth and reason are common to everyone, and are no more his who spake them first than his who speaks them after. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
Most aspiring screenwriters simply don't spend enough time choosing their concept. It's by far the most common mistake I see in spec… — Terry Rossio Copy Share Image
The identification with the common lot which is the essential idea of Democracy becomes the source and expression of social ethics. It… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Common criticism of the Internet is that it is dominated by the crude, the uninformed, the immature, the smug, the untalented, the… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I wasn't writing stories with the intention of creating a particular collection. I simply wrote stories, and then discovered common themes among… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
Certainly, my friends and the common narrative is people are trying to shore up their own lives with regards to family planning… — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
For me, philosophy is an activity of thought that is common to human beings. Human beings at their best. — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success. — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
The most common response I hear when I tell people I teach meditation is, "I'm so stressed out. I could use some… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I always felt that the most common thread in my life from when I was young until now has been a highly… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Our reading can affect our imaginations in ways of which we are not consciously aware. It is quite common...to re-read something after… — Tom Shippey Copy Share Image
You shall by faith sustain yourself and comfort yourself in your Lord, and be strong in His power; for you are in… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want - an honest party dedicated to common… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
Each of us is comprised of stories, stories not only about ourselves but stories about ancestors we never knew and people we've… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Dying, we tell ourselves, is like going to sleep. This figure of speech occurs very commonly in everyday thought and language, as… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
I've always enjoyed doing challenging things and also challenging common wisdom. — Stefan Hell Copy Share Image
Why cannot we work at cooperative schemes and search for the common ground binding all mankind together? — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from… — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
There's no healthy life possible without some sensual feeling between the husband and wife, but there's nothing in the world more awful… — Dorothy Canfield Fisher Copy Share Image
Plain experience and common sense inform us that no abstract Person can have made us as we are without also wishing to… — Paul F. M. Zahl Copy Share Image
The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
We must win the common people in every corner. This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open,… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Deep religious beliefs stemming from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible inspired many of the early settlers of our country,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
They [the founders] proclaimed to all the world the revolutionary doctrine of the divine rights of the common man. That doctrine has… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image