Common Use Quotes

7 quotes by 6 authors

• Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or for the exercise… — Joseph Story
• In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the… — Alfred Marshall
• The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God by no means… — John Calvin
• In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context. — Alfred Marshall
• Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be produced that there… — Ambrose
• The general rule of law is, that the noblest of human productions knowledge, truths ascertained, conceptions and ideas become, after voluntary communication to others, free… — Louis D. Brandeis
• Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust… — Salman Rushdie

Who Wrote These Common Use Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 7 Common Use Quotes as follows:

• 2 Common Use Quotes by Alfred Marshall
• 1 Common Use Quote by Joseph Story
• 1 Common Use Quote by John Calvin
• 1 Common Use Quote by Ambrose
• 1 Common Use Quote by Louis D. Brandeis
• 1 Common Use Quote by Salman Rushdie