Ordinary Things Quotes

83 Ordinary Things quotes by 72 unique authors

And truly it is a very natural and ordinary thing to desire to acquire, and always, when men do it who can, they will be… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Perhaps it's true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when… — Arundhati Roy
She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people... — Nicholas Sparks
Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Suddenly, they become the bleached bones of a story. — Arundhati Roy
What do we talk about? Just ordinary things. What happened today, or books we've read, or tomorrow's weather, you know. Don't tell me you're wondering… — Haruki Murakami
Oh, my dear, if you only knew how strange is the matter regarding which I am here, it is you who would laugh. I have… — Bram Stoker
He said, if you allow yourself to be enchanted by the beauty to be seen in even ordinary things, then all things proved to be… — Dean Koontz
It's your gift, to see the beauty and the horror in ordinary things. It doesn't make you crazy, just different. — Cassandra Clare
But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. The heart of a… — Carson McCullers
Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness. — Jean Vanier
As you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly… — Chaim Potok
I don't think ordinary things are very interesting, so I try to imagine a world that is less ordinary. — Chris Van Allsburg
The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things. — Hans Christian Andersen
Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to… — Pema Chodron
We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended to be moments… — Oswald Chambers
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—… — Wendy Cope
Clary, you're an artist, like your mother. That means you see the world in ways that other people don't. It's your gift, to see the… — Cassandra Clare
You know what, the jacket’s like the car.” "“Is this a riddle?” " , "“No,” Peabody said as Eve swiped the master.","“It’s an", "ordinary thing—well,… — Nora Roberts
She raised her eyes to his. They had both come from misery, she thought, and survived it. They had been drawn together through violence and… — Nora Roberts
Well, you can think what you want, so long as you remember - no matter how ordinary things seem between us - I'm still here,… — Richelle Mead
...and it occurred to me, with the forcefulness of a thought experienced in 360 degrees, that that's really what history mostly is: masses of people… — Bill Bryson
Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the orther team to react. They follow… — Charles Duhigg
To be successful you don't need to do extraordinary things, you just need to do ordinary things extraordinarily well. — Jim Rohn
The idea is to take the most ordinary things and make them extraordinary, as Gerard Manley Hopkins does in his poems. — Alfonso A. Ossorio
Personally, love is very important for me. There are lots of ordinary things in life, so love should be extraordinary. I hope I achieve that. — Ranbir Kapoor

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