Commonplace Quotes

249 quotes by 221 authors

Advancements in technology have become so commonplace that sometimes we forget to stop and think about how incredible it is that a girl on her… — Rosalind Wiseman
When you love something, whether it's jam and cheese sandwiches or wearing your pyjamas as pants, you forget that it was ever anything other than… — Unknown Author
Romance cannot be put into quantity production-the moment love becomes casual, it becomes commonplace. — Frederick Lewis Allen
But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification… — Thomas Perry
Wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever commonplace and homely way, there God is hewing out the pillars for His temple. — Phillips Brooks
It is a commonplace executive observation that businesses exist to make money, and the observation is usually allowed to go unchallenged. It is, however, a… — Daniel Katz
The drama's altar isn't on the stage: it is candle-sticked and flowered in the box office. There is the gold, though there be no frankincense… — Sean O'Casey
It is presentation which lifts the card trick from the level of the commonplace puzzle to the status of an unforgettable and inexplicable mystery. — Jean Hugard
It seems to be a general rule that sciences begin their development with the unusual. They have to develop considerable sophistication before they interest themselves… — Ralph Linton
As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to… — Trevanian
A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who expresses his thoughts,… — Mark Forsyth
In todayâ€™s interconnected and globalized world, it is now commonplace for people of dissimilar world views, faiths and races to live side by side. It… — Dalai Lama
It is a commonplace that the League of Nations is not yet-what its most enthusiastic protagonists intended it to be — Hjalmar Branting
My heart beats more for a raw, average vulgar art, which doesn't live between sleepy fairy-tale moods and poetry but rather concedes a direct entrance… — Max Beckmann
To be original is to discover the commonplace of a thousand years--to face at first the sneer that no one would have thought of it,… — Gerald Stanley Lee
Remarkable work is always not on the list, because if it was, it would be commonplace, not remarkable. — Seth Godin
What people sometimes interpret as quirky is my attempt to subvert the concept of luxury by introducing elements that are considered ordinary or commonplace. — Miuccia Prada
Photography makes one conscious of beauty everywhere, even in the simplest things, even in what is often considered commonplace or ugly. Yet nothing is really… — Alvin Langdon Coburn
Miracles are commonplace in religious scripture. Our ancient ancestors are said to have felt Jesus' wounds, verified Muhammad's ascent to heaven, and even interacted with… — David G. McAfee
Motherhood is a hallowed place because children arenâ€™t commonplace. Co-laboring over the sculpting of souls is a sacred vocation, a humbling privilege. Never forget. — Ann Voskamp

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