Simultaneous discovery is utterly commonplace, and it was only the rarity of scientists, not the inherent improbability of the phenomenon, that made… — Peter Medawar 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
Man, in spite of his tendency towards mendacity, has a great respect for what he calls the truth. Truth is his staff… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Life, my dear Watson, is infinitely stranger than fiction; stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We could not… — Arthur Conan Doyle 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
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
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
Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical. Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can… — Edgard Varese Copy Share Image
Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they… — James Cook 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
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
“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
In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is high; in reality, very low. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
No amount of toying with shades of print or with printing papers will transform a commonplace photograph into anything other than a… — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
I have been in teen shows for years, so doing that stuff - kissing - is kind of commonplace and not a… — Adam Brody Copy Share Image
In very truth it is the unattained which gives zest to the commonplace and brims the cup of our daily life with… — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Copy Share Image
Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it… — Quintilian Copy Share Image
“Commonplace they might be, but the accumulation of these memories has led to one result: me.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find unexpected themes and intensities. — Don DeLillo 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
Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another. — George Carlin 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
we have these instincts which defy all our wisdom and for which we never can frame any laws. ... They are powers… — Sarah Orne Jewett Copy Share Image
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Police thrillers are so widely read and police dramas so commonplace on television that many people think they have a good understanding… — Daniel Horan Copy Share Image
You get help at the gym. No one complains about that. You get help from your trainer. That's commonplace, and I think… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
If God does not enter your kitchen, there is something wrong with your kitchen. If you can't take God into your recreation,… — Peter Marshall Copy Share Image
One picture and one win cannot right a million wrongs. It's a step in the right direction.We have to get to a… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
We attempt to define a person, the most commonplace person we know, but he will not submit to bounds; some unexpected beauty… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
Marked by a virulent notion of hardness and aggressive masculinity, a culture of violence has become commonplace in a society in which… — Henry Giroux 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
I began to think about the extent to which nude and semi-nude female bodies are commonplace in our present day culture and… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
When we walk the streets at night in safety, it does not strike us that this might be otherwise. This habit of… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Society chooses to disregard the mistreatment of children, judging it to be altogether normal because it is so commonplace. — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
It is an accepted commonplace in psychology that the spiritual level of people acting as a crowd is far lower than the… — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
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