The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.... — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I love language is that concerning semiotics, language is an arbitrary sign system, which means the signs within… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
Nature is indeed a specious ward, nay, there is a great deal in it if it is properly understood and applied, but… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The bizarre but all too common transformation of the woman artist from a producer in her own right into a subject for… — Whitney Chadwick Copy Share Image
Organized common (or uncommon) sense -- very basic knowledge -- is an enormously powerful tool. There are huge dangers with computers. People… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We are called to serve the common good by engaging with political and other institutions, even in our pluralistic society. We bring… — John I. Jenkins Copy Share Image
I know that charity covereth a multitude of sins; but it does not call evil good, because a good man has done… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
We are trying to persuade all the Iraqi opposition to come breathe freedom in Iraq and use liberated Kurdistan as a base… — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
I think there is, not in the sense that I enjoy it, but that it's an important question. It's the question, "Does… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones wrote a great piece in Harvard Business Review titled "Managing Authenticity." In it, they argue that establishing… — Chip Espinoza Copy Share Image
Pure community is a matter of no interest to any will; but a community which pursues a common good is of supreme… — William Ernest Hocking Copy Share Image
Much as we do not permit convicted pedophiles to teach kindergarten or convicted hijackers to board airplanes, common sense dictates that individuals… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had… — Jeff Miller Copy Share Image
He existed a step or two to one side of the common world, largely out of sight, a shadow, all but invisible.… — James Sallis Copy Share Image
The sheer quantity of brain power that hurled itself voluntarily and quixotically into the search for new baseball knowledge was either exhilarating… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
