Common Quotes

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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. — Josh Billings
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. — Josh Billings
When you're fund-raising for schools, then something's wrong. We seem to have lost some sort of sense of what the common good is, and if… — Lewis Black
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. — Aesop
I come from very common stock, and I've always been uncomfortable with pretension and all the forms it can take, including disingenuous broadcasting. — Tom Bodett
A new kind of mind thus beings to come into being which is based on the development of a common meaning that is constantly transforming… — David Bohm
People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning… — David Bohm
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!' — Bill Bradley
One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds lots of people up, particularly… — Jo Brand
I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war. — Geraldine Brooks
Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. — Bertolt Brecht
I don't think it makes any sense for an individual to invest in common stocks unless they know the company, work at the company, and… — Eli Broad
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense. — Helen Gurley Brown
Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The real problem you get with humour is that you only have so many kinds of jokes within you, and you mine that vein a… — Bill Bryson
No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove… — Madeleine Albright
When I moved to Brighton from London in 1995, I was struck by what I thought of as its townliness. A town, it seemed to… — Julie Burchill
Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to… — Jeb Bush
I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable. It's… — David Byrne

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