Common Man Quotes

131 Common Man quotes by 108 unique authors

It is solely bigness in business which makes it possible to supply the masses with all those products the present-day American common man does not… — Ludwig von Mises
If one is determined to die for the truth, even a common man can create history. — Velupillai Prabhakaran
When compassion for the common man was born on Christmas Day, with it was born new hope among the multitudes. They feel a great, ever-rising… — Frank Laubach
I don't choose to be a common man. I want to be better tomorrow than today. And through a commitment to work and discipline, but… — Jay Robinson
The downfall of every civilization comes, not from the moral corruption of the common man, but rather from the moral complacency of common men in… — E. Digby Baltzell
We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. — Confucius
When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we… — Herbert Hoover
The thing we call critics are not really reviewers, they are not really critics. They don't have the discipline to write what we would term… — Ang Lee
If we reject science, we reject the common man. — Naguib Mahfouz
I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. — Peter O'Toole
The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions… — George Santayana
I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men. — Henry David Thoreau
Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the… — Henry A. Wallace
I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs. — John Wooden
The ancient Apostles were common men, and that was part of their credential. — David A. Bednar
I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man. — Greg Graffin
I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are… — Nicholas Sparks
. . . if gold rust, what then will iron do?/ For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a… — Geoffrey Chaucer
Perhaps his gloom was due to his profession, that he lived among fallen empires, and in reading these languages that had not been spoken by… — Matthew Tobin Anderson
All language begins with speech, and the speech of common men at that, but when it develops to the point of becoming a literary medium… — Raymond Chandler
When I come out on the road of a morning, when I have had a night's sleep and perhaps a breakfast, and the sun lights… — Frank Delaney
Under capitalism the common man enjoys amenities which in ages gone by were unknown and therefore inaccessible even to the richest people. But, of course,… — Ludwig von Mises
Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole… — Ramakrishna
Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer carried… — Francine Rivers

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