Common Quotes

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There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication.... Try the experiment of communicating, with fullness and accuracy, some experience… — John Dewey
Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned… — John C. Maxwell
The biggest challenge of public policy is to know when and how the world has changed. We are no longer an empty continent with endless… — Richard Lamm
Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our… — Benjamin Franklin
When you authorised Congress to borrow money, and to contract debts, for carrying on the late war, you could not intend to abridge them of… — David Ramsey
In all countries, in all centuries, the primary reason for government to set up schools is to undermine the politically weak by convincing their children… — Marshall Fritz
Sports can unite a group of people from different backgrounds, all working together to achieve a common goal. And even if they fall short, sharing… — Ahmad Rashad
All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race has long been placed, and… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Man is not only part of a field, but a part and member of his group. When people are together, as when they are at… — Max Wertheimer
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. ... While the artist's communication is linked forever with its… — Max Delbruck
Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common. — Robert J. LeRoy
To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because if cows, pigs,… — Philip Kapleau
When it comes to physicians there is a common thread that is a major barrier to solving our concerns. We are divided. The result is… — Brian Day
By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none. — Charlie Chaplin
If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed. — Annie Dillard
I cannot believe in a God who has neither humor nor common sense. — W. Somerset Maugham
Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre… — George A. Sheehan
We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast… — Mark Twain
There is no mistaking love. You feel it in your heart. It is the common fiber of life, the flame that heats our soul, energizes… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance. — John C. Bogle

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