Top 1200 Common Life Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

I find the idea of common descent (that all organisms share a common ancestor) fairly convincing, and have no particular reason to doubt it.

If I could leave this body with one wish, it would be that we never give up that search for common ground, .. The politics of common ground will not be found on the far right, or on the far left. That is not where most Americans live. We will only find it on the firm middle ground, based on common sense and shared values.

There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.

God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and that the Earth should also be a property common to all.

Hang out with those who have a common FUTURE with you; not a common past.

What do I have in common with Jews? I don't even have anything in common with myself.

The basic problem affecting the Pakistan today is human rights. Islamic fundamentalists have no roots among the common people and while they are pushing hard for religious fundamentalists to take hold, the common people still seek change through humanitarian and common human rights law.

My biggest skill is common sense. I understand life.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

I make a list of what I have in common, and what I don't have in common, with someone I'm playing

Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'

The practical life of a vast number of people is not, as a matter of fact, worth while at all. It is like an impressive fur coat with no one inside it. One sees many of these coats occupying positions of great responsibility. Hans Andersen's story of the king with no clothes told one bitter and common truth about human nature; but the story of the clothes with no king describes a situation just as common and even more pitiable.

I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking common ground rather than trying to divide us.

Life is droll. It has no common sense. It is the game of a mountebank.

What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.

Even if it's just a little thing, something like a song, there's still that sort of common language, that common denominator that we can all relate to.

You know, you get famous and you work in these weird jobs and you don't have a lot in common with people. But once you have kids, you have everything in common with everybody.

Common sense needs to be more common.

O let me be undone the common way, And have the common comfort to be pity'd, And not be ruin'd in the mask of bliss, And so be envy'd, and be wretched too!

Why is it that common sense is seldom common practice?

Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. It is as common as life.

It's very common business for players and management to go back and forth and try to find common ground.

Simple exchanges can break down walls between us, for when people come together and speak to one another and share a common experience, then their common humanity is revealed. We are reminded that we're joined together by our pursuit of a life that's productive and purposeful, and when that happens mistrust begins to fade and our smaller differences no longer overshadow the things that we share. And that's where progress begins.

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.

The lowest common denominator of the universe is both low and common.

I make a list of what I have in common, and what I don't have in common, with someone I'm playing.

The only behaviour that is truly common is to avoid doing something because you think others might consider it common.

As for the common men apart, Who sweat to keep their common breath, And have no hour for books or art-- What dreams have these to hide from death!

The problem with the common person is that he is so unbearably common!

And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.

Sometimes there is a common threat that can produce a common interest in putting aside all the differences in trying to find a constructive solution.

We define family in many different ways: not just by blood but by people with whom we find a common ground and a common bond.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love.

Common sense is not always common practice.

The common person fears to think beyond the common.

It's called common sense, but it's not common. Most people don't have it.

This administration affects the everyday life of the common person.

When aristocrats pretend they're common people -- they get common!

There now exists a factor which was formerly lacking - the spirit of the nation has been aroused, and a common misfortune, a common debasement, has united all the inhabitants of the Islands.

Biblical community is first of all the sharing of a common life in Christ.

Common sense meant once something very different from that plain wisdom, the common heritage of men, which we now call by this name.

I learned about life from life itself, love I learned in a single kiss and could teach no one anything except that I have lived with something in common among men.

We need to move forward, from the common currency to the banking union to a common financial policy and, in the middle-term, to a common foreign and security policy. That will take time, because we need to figure out how to deal with those countries that don't always want a more tightly integrated European Union.

Common sense is a phrase employed to denote that degree of intelligence, sagacity, and prudence which is common to all men.

I realize that my life is not the common ordinary person.

Islam undoubtedly deserves respect. It has some things in common with Christianity, such as Abraham as a common progenitor, and the belief in only one God.

They may be all comprehended under three heads - 1st, Superstition; 2d, Power; 3d, the common interests of society, and the common rights of man.

The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.

If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

You can't be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.

Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life. ... Most, if not all of you, have very deep ties with the land and with the people of Israel, as I do; for my Christian faith sprang from yours. The Bible stories are woven into my childhood memories as the gallant struggle of modem Jews to be free of persecution is also woven into our souls.

Just because it's common sense, doesn't mean it's common practice.

Dubai was brilliant, they looked around the world. They saw Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Chicago, Sydney, London all ran British common law. British common law is much better for commerce than is French common law or sharia law. So they took 110 acres of Dubai soil, put British common law with a British judge in charge, and they went from an empty piece of soil to the 16th most powerful financial center in [the] world in eight years.

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

At Ford Motor Company, we believe the arts speak a common language that weaves a common thread among all people.

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.