It is men of desperate fortunes on the one hand, or of aspiring, superior fortunes on the other, who go abroad upon… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
Common sense invents and constructs no less than its own field than science does in its domain. It is, however, in the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The best way that a man could test his readiness to encounter the common variety of mankind would be to climb down… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of the common… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
Those of different faiths and no faith should seek areas of common agreement based on their different perspectives. — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
Most of us at one time or another have been part of a great 'team', a group of people who functioned together… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Only men of moral and mental force, of a patriotic regard for the relationship of the two races, can be of real… — Fannie Barrier Williams Copy Share Image
All people, entrepreneurs as well as non-entrepreneurs, look askance upon any profits earned by other people. Envy is a common weakness of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In medieval Europe, childbirth was a leading cause of death. So widowed fathers with children were quite common, meaning stepmothers were equally… — Robert Paul Weston Copy Share Image
The day dawns; the morning star is bright upon the horizon! The iron gate of our prison stands half open. One gallant… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Wisdom - meaning judgment acting on experience, common sense, available knowledge, and a decent appreciation of probability. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
My kids used to love math. Now it makes them cry. Thanks standardized testing and common core! — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
You don't want a diction gathered from the newspapers, caught from the air, common and unsuggestive; but you want one whose every… — Rufus Choate Copy Share Image
It is Hell, of course, that makes priests powerful, not Heaven, for after thousands of years of so-called civilization fear remains the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Ask any rich man of common prudence to which of the two sorts of people he has lent the greater part of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
As things change in Turkey people find in religious observance a certain framework of safety, of continuity. This is quite a common… — Andrew Mango Copy Share Image
There have been many definitions of hell, but for the English the best definition is that it is the place where the… — David Frost Copy Share Image
Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common... — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
It's not like I'm looking to describe something that's only true of my own circumstances. It's beyond. It's way inside, you know.… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
As I sat in the hot, salty water, I thought, 'No wonder Mr. Bubble always gives me a urinary tract infection and… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
