Common Man Quotes

131 Common Man quotes by 108 unique authors

You know well I couldn't bear to live with a low common man after you two; and it's wicked and cruel of you to insult… — George Bernard Shaw
A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace. — Confucius
…Forgive us, O Lord, we acknowledge ourselves as type of the common man, Of the men and women who shut the door and sit by… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth — Paul Johnson
don’t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and… — Anne Frank
The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Politically speaking, tribal nationalism [patriotism] always insists that its own people are surrounded by 'a world of enemies' - 'one against all' - and that… — Hannah Arendt
There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented ...… — Ernest Bevin
The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose. — Confucius
They [the founders] proclaimed to all the world the revolutionary doctrine of the divine rights of the common man. That doctrine has ever since been… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Success is uncommon, not to be found by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people. — Cal Stoll
My inspiration comes from the common man and nature. — Kailash Kher
Things like the financial markets - a proper grounding in mathematics could help the common man. I believe that if people are more familiar with… — Viswanathan Anand
I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money… — A. R. Rahman
I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned… — Uday Kiran
Protestantism came to America to make America Protestant. It was assumed that was to be done through faith in the reasonableness of the common man… — Stanley Hauerwas
People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, they were so… — Arlo Guthrie
I am a common man. Why do I need security? — Kariya Munda
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man. — William Beveridge
I am nothing special of this I am sure. I am just a common man with common thoughts. There are no monuments dedicated to me… — Nicholas Sparks
I play a guy who believes he's a king. He's the most common man in the world; in fact his family, like his suits, are… — James Caan
Procedures relates to the common man — Kavinder Kanwar
I am, to me, but a common man; that lives, dares, to be, uncommon things. — Eric Nickel
''Most people are used to the symbols but they're too stupid to know what it really signifies.'' ''I love human ignorance it is what blinds… — Jeremy Limn
I wanted to look at the upper-middle-class scene since the war, and in particular my generation's part in it. We had spent our early years… — Simon Raven

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