Common Quotes

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It is the lack of knowledge of, or the unwillingness to recognise, or the deliberate denial of the existence of the serial bully which is… — Tim Field
The common wish of the international community is for peace instead of war. — Li Zhaoxing
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling. — Abraham Lincoln
Communication of science as subject-matter has so far outrun in education the construction of a scientific habit of mind that to some extent the natural… — John Dewey
This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good… — Queen Elizabeth II
Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed that… — Jimmy Carter
When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the… — Charles Darwin
But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most, our… — Mark Twain
There is a chalk outline slowly being drawn around common sense and most people can't identify the victim. — Dennis Miller
Everyone wants to be foremost in this future-and yet death and the stillness of death are the only things certain and common to all in… — Friedrich Nietzsche
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect… — Edward Abbey
A Senegalese poet said 'In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand, and we will understand only… — Yo-Yo Ma
Good ideas are common - what's uncommon are people who will work hard enough to bring them about. — Ashleigh Brilliant
Common sense often makes a good law. — William O. Douglas
It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or… — Joseph Addison
Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model in which the… — Warren G. Bennis
That which you or I think is most unique about ourselves we hide. In ordinary discourse, in the normal state, we share our common self,… — Robert E. Quinn
The inviolability of the person which is a reflection of the absolute inviolability of God, finds its primary and fundamental expression in the inviolability of… — Pope John Paul II
Whatever system of governance is eventually adopted, it is important that it carries the people with it. We need to convey the message that safeguarding… — Joseph Rotblat

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