Shared Quotes

1185 quotes by 939 authors

The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need… — A. N. Wilson
We will be able to achieve a just and prosperous society only when our schools ensure that everyone commands enough shared background knowledge to be… — Edward Hirsch
Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first day they give… — Baltasar Gracian
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
Big writers become a kind of shared climate. — Adam Gopnik
Free software is part of a broader phenomenon, which is a shift toward recognizing the value of shared work. Historically, shared stuff had a very… — Mark Shuttleworth
Of all the alchemies of human connection-sex and childbirth and marriage and friendship-the strangest is this: You can stand up and tell a story that… — Adam Gopnik
I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like that… — John Steinbeck
I think that theater is a unique way to communicate with people as they gather together with other people they may not even know. It… — Pearl Cleage
In philosophy, you have to reckon with the implicit level of an accumulated reserve, and thus with a very great number of relays, with the… — Jacques Derrida
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by vanity only that they appreciate… — Yousuf Karsh
I've always wanted to be a writer. Ever since I learned to read, I've wanted to share stories with others the way my favorite writers… — Jennifer Chiaverini
National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have… — Kofi Annan
Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer learn how to think about morality and virtue, or to think of them at… — Gary Bauer
My parents always asked me what I thought, listened to my opinions, articulated their diagnoses of our challenges at home and abroad, and shared their… — Chelsea Clinton
Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of… — Reverend Malcolm Boyd
I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me… — Jennifer Ehle
Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our… — Jay Griffiths
If I ran the world, I would find a way to bring the wealth of human good intentions and corporate good intentions together - to… — Cindy Gallop
The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of… — Gordon Gee

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