Commonly Quotes

412 quotes by 283 authors

It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations… — Huston Smith
I am as sure as I am of the fact of Christ's reign, that a comprehensive and centralised system of national education, separated from religion,… — Archibald Alexander Hodge
Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly. — Vaclav Havel
Perhaps the critics are right: this generation may not produce literature equal to that of any past generation-who cares? The writer will be dead before… — William Styron
Since the web is totally worldwide, we need a set of behavioural rules, laws they are commonly called, that are accepted worldwide. There is a… — Robert Cailliau
People can try to eat the correct things, take the correct amount of exercise, worry less and so forth. But in the end fate or… — Peter Dickens
General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen. — Michael Marmot
Average human nature is very coarse, and its ideals must necessarily be average. The world never loved perfect poise. What the world does love is… — Henry Adams
Even the wisest of mankind cannot live by reason alone; pure arrogant reason, denying the claims of prejudice (which commonly are also the claims of… — Russell Kirk
Those placed in the position which I now occupy, commonly feel concern about their worthiness to receive the great honour which has been done them. — Cecil Frank Powell
Cafeteria-style education, combined with the unwillingness of our schools to place demands on students, has resulted in a steady diminishment of commonly shared information between… — Edward Hirsch
The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Genius is by definition a style of consciousness characterized by the ability to access high energy attractor patterns. It is not a personality characteristic. It… — David R. Hawkins
It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth. — Jacob G. Hornberger
I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart is set on… — John Woolman
To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person. — John Henry Newman
While the dogmatist is harmful, the sceptic is useless ...; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is… — Bertrand Russell
PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an… — Ambrose Bierce
The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure. — William Hazlitt
For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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