Common Quotes

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Let there be then no coercion established in society, and the common law of gravity prevailing, the sexes will fall into their proper places. — Judith Sargent Murray
The lowest standards of ethics of which a right-thinking man can possibly conceive is taught to the common soldier whose trade is to shoot his… — Clarence Darrow
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and… — Leo Tolstoy
Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It's only fashion when a woman puts it on. Being well dressed… — Oscar de la Renta
If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume. — Benjamin Graham
We are delighted to work with the Republican National Committee to build a conservative Congressional majority in 2014. They have a keen understanding for the… — Unknown Author
While there is no quick fix for instant, pain-free creativity, creative recovery (or discovery) is a teachable, trackable spiritual process. Each of us is complex… — Julia Cameron
English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin - a language… — Bill Bryson
He that will write well in any tongue must follow this counsel of Aristotle: to speak as the common people do, to think as wise… — Roger Ascham
These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men. — William Shakespeare
I think you have to work with people, and when I talk about managing relationships, don't think the derogatory ''managed relationships''. It is a question… — Anil Ambani
By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had made, I ended up in the domain… — M.C. Escher
Mathematics, in the common lay view, is a static discipline based on formulas...But outside the public view, mathematics continues to grow at a rapid rate...the… — Lynn Steen
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation. — Margaret Deland
The words Socialism and Communism have the same meaning. They indicate a condition of society in which the wealth of the community: the land and… — Sylvia Pankhurst
Laws which authorize and promote abortion and euthanasia are therefore radically opposed not only to the good of the individual but also to the common… — Pope John Paul II
The point about football in Britain is that it is not just a sport people take to, like cricket or tennis. It is built into… — Arthur Hopcraft
Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so… — Jose Raul Capablanca
The only thing Chess players have in common is Chess. — Lodewijk Prins
What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld characters, the inhabitants… — Aaron Siskind

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