Common Quotes · Page 43

My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.

— Dolly Parton

Where a majority are united by a common sentiment, and have an opportunity, the rights of the minor party become insecure.

— James Madison

The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd listen to what I say, tomorrow it…

— Criss Jami

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of…

— William Beveridge

It is common error to infer that things which are consecutive in order of time have necessarily the relation of cause and…

— Jacob Bigelow

Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero.

— Terry Pratchett

Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century.

— Coventry Patmore

In the common run of mankind, for one that is wise and good you find ten of a contrary character.

— Joseph Addison

Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the…

— Robert Winston

He repeated until his dying day that there was no one with more common sense, no stone cutter more obstinate, no manager…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Americans will get along with all other nations willing to get along with us. We will deal fairly with everyone. We will…

— Donald Trump

The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years -…

— Taylor Hanson

A nation's character is the sum of its splendid deeds; they constitute one common patrimony, the nation's inheritance. They awe foreign powers,…

— Henry Clay

Professors in every branch of the sciences, prefer their own theories to truth: the reason is that their theories are private property,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

True friends don’t spend time gazing into each other’s eyes. They may show great tenderness towards each other but they face in…

— Anonymous

I have had my share of sorrows-more than the common lot, perhaps, but I have borne them ill. I have broken where…

— Charles Dickens

The girl was lighter without her heart. She danced barefoot on the hot roads, and her feet were not cut by the…

— Helen Oyeyemi

There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the…

— Joseph Addison

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and…

— George Bancroft

Good grief. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, and at one another, in good spirit and without malice, then what fun can…

— George Takei

My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness. People who depend…

— Andrew O'Hagan

I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a Ph.D. in comparative literature, so we have a lot of…

— David Chipperfield

America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued…

— Ayn Rand

He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of…

— Julian Barnes

The common prejudice against philosophy is the result of the incapacity of the multitude to deal with the highest problems.

— John Lancaster Spalding

A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money.

— Anne Northup

“Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.”

— Harper Lee

The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

[The Master] doesn't glitter like a jewel... [but is] as rugged and common as a stone.

— Laozi

Obamacare represents a shocking display of political arrogance. It's about time Washington started listening to Americans' common sense voices.

— Fred Upton

This feeling of helplessness in us has arisen from our deliberate dismissal of God from our common affairs.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The sins we do, people behold with optics, Which shew them ten times more than common vices, And often multiply them.

— John William Fletcher

There are nettles everywhere, but smooth, green grasses are more common still; the blue of heaven is larger than the cloud.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Based on my own experiences, I made sure, and I'm proud of this, that the Common Core curriculum is hard on plagiarizers.

— Joe Biden

Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.

— Francis Bacon

The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics…

— Bernard Crick

Because desperation breeds gullibility. People want to lose weight so much that their common sense shuts off.

— David L. Katz

Nothing is unattainable when America comes together around a common cause.

— Alma Powell

There's no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whiskey, and…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

— Walter Bagehot