Quotes with common

Quotes 321 till 340 of 402.

  • F. L. Lucan The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn, tired of common sense and civilization.
    F. L. Lucan
    Roman epic poet (39 - 65)
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  • Samuel Butler The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Machiavelli The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Aldous Huxley The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Barney Frank There are a lot of ways to mispronounce my name. That is the least common I checked with my mother. In 50 years no one's ever called her Elsie Fag.
    Responding to Dick Armeys referring to him as Barney Fag, unidentified publication/date
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Ben Goldacre There are many differences between medicine and teaching, but they have much in common. Both involve craft and personal expertise, learned through experience; but both can be informed by the experience of others.
    Ben Goldacre
    British physician, academic (1974 - )
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  • Bob Menendez There are many domestic issues that give us a lot of common ground to work on. Health, education and immigration are among the areas where we share mutual goals and aspirations. There are also many values that we share as a communities.
    Bob Menendez
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Bob Menendez There are plenty of opportunities for common grounds that we need to explore and strengthen. The Hispanic community has a strong affinity for our relationship with Israel.
    Bob Menendez
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Brooks Atkinson There is a good deal of solemn cant about the common interests of capital and labor. As matters stand, their only common interest is that of cutting each other's throat.
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Sir Arthur Helps There is hardly a more common error than that of taking the man who has one talent, for a genius.
    Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd
    Sir Arthur Helps
    English writer and dean of the Privy Council (1813 - 1875)
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  • C. V. Boys There is more in a common bubble than those who have only played with them generally imagine.
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  • Albert Schweitzer There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.''
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • John Glenn There is still no cure for the common birthday.
    John Glenn
    American astronaut and politician (1921 - 2016)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Cass Sunstein There's a big difference between the role of an academic and the role of someone in government. That's a cliche, but in academic life if you say things that are common sense and people nod their heads, it's not very useful. You're not adding anything.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Ursula K. Le Guin There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    American writer of science fiction and fantasy books (1929 - 2018)
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  • Bill Hunter There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage.
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  • Arthur Henderson Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Afrika Bambaataa They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family.
    Afrika Bambaataa
    American disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer (1957 - )
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  • Horace This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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