The nineteenth century, utilitarian throughout, set up a utilitarian interpretation of the phenomenon of life which has come down to us and… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
In this climate - with belief in guardian angels and creationism becoming commonplace - making fun of religion is as risky as… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Remarkable work is always not on the list, because if it was, it would be commonplace, not remarkable. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
In a modern world, increasingly filled with pop culture fads and gimmicks, Lisa Morton reveals much of the underbelly history and unknown… — Del Howison Copy Share Image
Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
I think the main reason is that people binge watch because they can. We're like dogs, really. If we like something, we… — D. B. Weiss Copy Share Image
As information technology becomes millions of times more powerful, any particular use of it becomes correspondingly cheaper. Thus, it has become commonplace… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Commonplace people have an answer for everything and nothing ever surprises them. They try to look as though they knew what you… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
It has become a commonplace that aggressiveness also often has its roots in fear. I am inclined to think that this theory… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace,… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
There is no nobler chore in the craft of writing than holding up the mirror of reality and turning it slightly, so… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
There is a certain artificial polish, a commonplace vivacity acquired by perpetually mingling in the beau monde; which, in the commerce of… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Women are at once the guardians and the well-spring of the world's faith, morality, and tenderness; and if ever they are degraded… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Not everything that can be extracted appears in anthologies of quotations, in commonplace books, or on the back of Celestial Seasonings boxes.… — Gary Saul Morson Copy Share Image
The acceptance of ambiguity implies more than the commonplace understanding that some good things and some bad things happen to us. It… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Commonplaces never become tiresome. It is we who become tired when we cease to be curious and appreciative. — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
The air is an extremely dangerous, jealous and exacting mistress. Once under the spell most lovers are faithful to the end, which… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
My advice to new actors is: Don't be lazy. Go after what you desire. Don't heed the commonplace advice that is meant… — Judith Hoag Copy Share Image
The pulpit and the press have many commonplaces denouncing the thirst for wealth, but if men should take these moralists at their… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry." "Sorry? For what?" He straightened and moved a bit closer, sounding honestly puzzled. "I am not much of a conversationalist,… — Candace Camp Copy Share Image
No longer do we accept the 'sublimation model' according to which 'the function of art is to sublimate or transform experience, raising… — Rosalind E. Krauss Copy Share Image
