I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat extraordinary, of course. — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
Better to be ordinary people in a superior country than to be president in a disreputable country — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. — Robert South Copy Share Image
The wit, wisdom and insights of a different person are often unpalatable, weird and absurd to the senses of many ordinary people. — Anuj Copy Share Image
When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Batman is basically an ordinary guy who had something tragic happen to him when he was young. — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Photography is an art of observation - it's about creating something extraordinary out of the ordinary. You choose a frame and then… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Every occupation has its own honor before God. Ordinary work is a divine vocation or calling. In our daily work no matter… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Stripped of its plot, the 'Iliad' is a scattering of names and biographies of ordinary soldiers: men who trip over their shields,… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
“God often does the extraordinary through the ordinary.It seems that his Mysteries are revealed more fully through the simple and trusting hearts… — Betty Malz Copy Share Image
I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
I've been and am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen and I'm quite ordinary, and will say so whatever the artistic results.… — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I didn’t know baboons could drive recreational vehicles, but Khufu did okay. When I woke up around dawn, he was navigating through… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The average ordinary person, in the worst slums of America, someone who might even hate the law and disagree with the government,… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
I’m not at peace anymore. I just want him like I used to in the old days. I want to be eating… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
The thing is, Guantánamo is also a naval base, and they're under the delusion - especially the people on the naval side… — Molly Crabapple Copy Share Image
It's unsettling, to lose the safety of the familiar, even when what's disrupted is an ordinary routine. When I began this poem,… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
I should hate to be a regular girl with a sugar-plum voice. I should hate to have swan-like lashes, and a thick,… — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
A year ago, six months ago, I thought that I was an artist. I no longer think about it, I am. Everything… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
There is no other Parliament like the English. For the ordinary man, elected to any senate, from Perisa to Peru, they may… — Josiah Wedgwood Copy Share Image
I just remember their kindness and goodness to me, and their peacefulness and their utter simplicity. They inspired real reverence, and I… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Those who have abandoned themselves to God always lead mysterious lives and receive from him exceptional and miraculous gifts by means of… — Jean-Pierre de Caussade Copy Share Image
This was no ordinary UFO. Scores of people saw it. It was no illusion, no deception, no imagination. — Azim Daudpota Copy Share Image
Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Successful people rely heavily on their mentors. Ordinary people don't. It's that simple. — Robert G. Allen Copy Share Image
It is only when we decide that 'ordinary' is an insult, that we become the exquisite miracles we were born to be. — Tyler Knott Gregson Copy Share Image
Fashion is only complete when it is worn by ordinary people who exist now, managing their lives, loving and grieving. — Yohji Yamamoto Copy Share Image
Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary rime and enthusiasm into… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Hazing is an extraordinary activity that, when it occurs often enough, becomes perversely ordinary as those who engage in it grow desensitized… — Hank Nuwer Copy Share Image
I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Successful people do ordinary things with extraordinary consistency, commitment and focus. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Malayalis tend to be nostalgic about rustic storylines, pastoral themes and ordinary folk who lead a simple way of life. — Biju Menon Copy Share Image
India's middle-class knows better than most how hard and lonely the struggle of an ordinary man can be. — Barkha Dutt Copy Share Image
If governments were kind, they'd realize that conficts are resolved and wars prevented not by armies but by ordinary people. — Scilla Elworthy Copy Share Image
An ordinary archer practices until he gets it right. A ranger practices until he never gets it wrong. — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
“Common people are often enough; that is why God made so many of them. Your job is to be--- EXTRAORDINARY.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
My dream is to play ordinary characters. I have no interest in playing a pretty girl or an NRI girl. — Sobhita Dhulipala Copy Share Image
Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself. — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image