Common Quotes

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If there's reason for hope, it lies in man's occasional binges of cooperation. To save our planet, we'll need that kind of heroic effort, in… — George Meyer
What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry. — Lord Byron
That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense! — George Meredith
True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments… — Henry David Thoreau
I believe that this is not only the view of the people on both sides of the Strait. It is also the common expectation of… — Chen Shui-bian
Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it. — Ellis Peters
There are some arts which to those that possess them are painful, but to those that use them are helpful, a common good to laymen,… — Hippocrates
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty. — Napoleon Hill
The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new… — George W. Bush
When unique voices are united in a common cause, they make history. — Gloria Steinem
While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and… — David Antin
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone… — Edward Abbey
The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chainsaws. It is not enough to understand the natural… — Edward Abbey
One can imagine a sane, healthy, cheerful human society based on no more than the principles of common sense, as validated each day by work,… — Edward Abbey
All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself, and is withdrawn… — Thomas Jefferson
I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers there would be… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I have seen Americans making great and sincere sacrifices for the key common good and a hundred times I have noticed that, when needs be,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct… — Frederic Bastiat
Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the… — George Jones
But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire… — Thomas Jefferson

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