Uncommon Quotes

178 Uncommon quotes by 147 unique authors

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have. — John Masefield
We both (Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett) insist on a lot of time being available almost every day to just sit and think. That is… — Charlie Munger
The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered. — Samuel Johnson
On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere. — Nancy Gibbs
Buffett's uncommon urge to chronicle made him a unique character in American life, not only a great capitalist but the Great Explainer of American capitalism.… — Roger Lowenstein
Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen. — Wayne Thiebaud
Common sense has become an uncommon virtue. — Amit Abraham
The greatest service we can do the common man is to abolish him and make all men uncommon. — Norman Angell
No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and unreliable. It is the test of an organization to make ordinary human beings… — Peter Drucker
Teamwork is what makes common people capable of uncommon results. — Pat Summitt
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues far… — Larry Coryell
Success is uncommon and not to be enjoyed by the common man. Â I'm looking for uncommon people because we want to be successful, not… — Tony Dungy
The truth is that most people have a better chance to be uncommon by effort than by natural gifts. Â Anyone could give that effort… — Tony Dungy
The man is a common murderer. A common murderer, possible, but a very uncommon cook. — Hector Hugh Munro
Uncommon thinkers reuse what common thinkers refuse — J. R. D. Tata
The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon. — Leonid Shamkovich
We meet on the common ground of an uncommon age and share out our gifts of dark and light, good and bad, simple joy and… — Ray Bradbury
To celebrate a festival means: to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner, the universal assent to the world as a… — Josef Pieper
It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight! It is no… — Edwin Lefevre
It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line. — Erma Bombeck
The byline is a replacement for many other things, not the least of them money. If someone ever does a great psychological profile of journalism… — David Halberstam
Success is the uncommon application of common knowledge — Ivan Misner
I'm a common woman sharing common problems seeking common solutions on a journey with an uncommon Savior. — Beth Moore
When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which… — Samuel Johnson
It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for… — Norman Ralph Augustine

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