Commonly Quotes

412 quotes by 287 authors

Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to denigrate, shame and discredit those who have acquired superior job skills… — Neal Boortz
And it has been sarcastically said, that there is a wide difference between a good physician and a bad one, but a small difference between… — Gilbert Blane
The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is… — Samuel Johnson
My opinion was that if we had a common enemy we should get together commonly. — Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. — Ambrose Bierce
Time-space as commonly understood, in the sense of the distance measured between two time-points, is the result of time calculation. — Martin Heidegger
ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him. — Ambrose Bierce
Chance is commonly viewed as a self-correcting process in which a deviation in one direction induces a deviation in the opposite direction to restore the… — Amos Tversky
There is nothing on which men are commonly more intent than on making a way for their opinions. — Michel de Montaigne
We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. — Henry David Thoreau
Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocracy — Will Smith
This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to… — William Strunk, Jr.
In 2031, lawyers will be commonly a part of most development teams. — Grady Booch
The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events,… — John Henry Newman
The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is… — Julius Wellhausen
Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien. — Iris Chang
It is commonly a weak man who marries for love. — Samuel Johnson
KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to… — Ambrose Bierce
Only by restoring the broken connections can we be healed. Connection is health. And what our society does its best to disguise from us is… — Wendell Berry
Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful. — Samuel Johnson

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