Our Common Quotes
154 quotes by 131 authors
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At a time when many Muslims in this country are living in fear, I want to say loud and clear that as a Christian leader…
— George Carey
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The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind.
— William Hazlitt
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Climate change is the greatest threat to our common future. We have a very short period of time to tackle the problem before it becomes…
— Chris Huhne
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Let us not be blind to our differences-but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences…
— John F. Kennedy
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Whereas our common past, out of Africa, saw a global diaspora of humankind, our common future depends on a global coming together and consensus, resulting…
— Bob Brown
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Because it fulfills yearnings for security, safe haven, and connection that express our common humanity, civil marriage is an esteemed institution, and the decision whether…
— Unknown Author
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes. Our common ancestor with the chimpanzees and gorillas is much…
— Richard Dawkins
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The world has never truly had to develop an ethic of interdependence rooted in our common humanity. And if we do it, the 21st century…
— William J. Clinton
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Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by…
— John F. Kennedy
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It had been happy for me if I could have lived a private life in peace and plenty, enjoying all the happiness that results from…
— Nathanael Greene
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The well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic change. We cling to what we call our common…
— Eric Hoffer
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I am so stupid that I cannot understand philosophy; the antithesis of this is that philosophy is so clever that it cannot comprehend my stupidity.…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor,…
— Elizabeth Drew
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We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly…
— Coretta Scott King
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We should always settle disputes through dialogue and cooperation, and should not resort to the use or threat of force on the slightest provocation. We…
— Wu Bangguo
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It is still a fact that our common frontier grows stronger every year, defended only by friendship.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes; tolerance and…
— Barack Obama
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We must continue to deepen our ties to the Americas and the Caribbean, our common work to educate children, fight drugs, strengthen democracy, and increase…
— William J. Clinton
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One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves. One of our common failings is to depreciate our…
— L. Tom Perry
Who Wrote These Our Common Quotes
131 authors contributed a total of 154 Our Common Quotes, led by these top contributors: