Top 1200 Common Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

What kind of people do we wish to become, and how do we know an American when we see one? Is it possible to pursue a common purpose without a common history or a standard text?

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.

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 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.

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

Mathematics is often erroneously referred to as the science of common sense. Actually, it may transcend common sense and go beyond either imagination or intuition. It has become a very strange and perhaps frightening subject from the ordinary point of view, but anyone who penetrates into it will find a veritable fairyland, a fairyland which is strange, but makes sense, if not common sense.

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

The common person fears to think beyond the common.

It is only common sense to recognize that the great bulk of Americans, whether Republican or Democrat, face many common problems and agree on a number of basic objectives.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Stephen Miller did one thing: He simply recited common sense. This is a common sense immigration bill. If there was ever a piece of common sense legislation, this is it. In this case, what Stephen Miller did was nothing more than common sense, and yet it was interpreted - it went right over their heads, the White House press corps, not just Jim Acosta and Glenn Thrush. It went over all of their heads because they didn't understand what he was talking about, either because of the fog of hatred they have for Donald Trump and his administration, or they are just ignorant.

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

Why is it that common sense is seldom common practice?

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

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

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

Welcome to the brave new world of American multiculturalism. From a nation of diverse peoples united by a common culture, we have become a people divided by a common malady.

In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of "the common good" and then acted out in life on the basis of the common greed.

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.

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.

No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe, it is both possible and, more importantly, it becomes powerful to come together in common purpose and common effort.

The more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge. No real knowledge is common.

As to the euro zone avant-garde, it must go towards more solidarity and integration: a common budget, a common borrowing capability, and fiscal convergence.

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

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.

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

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

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.

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

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.

I remember when MySpace came out. It did do something pretty incredible - which was unite people around the world with common interests and common tastes.

You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common.

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

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.

We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.

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.

This is American leadership at its best: We stand with people who fight for their own freedom, and we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.

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

Common sense is not always common practice.