Common Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr

Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable.(attributed to)

— William Shakespeare

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

— Anonymous

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

The common wish of the international community is for peace instead of war.

— Li Zhaoxing

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation ... it is common to wish well to oneself, but in our technically unified world,…

— Bertrand Russell

Is it not remarkable that the common repute which we all give to attorneys in the general is exactly opposite to that which every…

— Anthony Trollope

I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

We must frankly confess, then, using our empirical common sense and ordinary practical prejudices, that in the world that actually is, the virtues of…

— William James

Life gives to all the choice. You can satisfy yourself with mediocrity if you wish. You can be common, ordinary, dull, colorless, or yyou…

— Spencer W. Kimball

Most times a person grows up gradually, but I found myself in a hurry... Hoping to find an answer, I uncovered an article about…

— John August

A warrior, or any man for that matter, cannot possibly wish he were somewhere else; a warrior because he lives by challenge, an ordinary…

— Carlos Castaneda

Under capitalism the common man enjoys amenities which in ages gone by were unknown and therefore inaccessible even to the richest people. But, of…

— Ludwig von Mises