Common Quotes

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

This was one of my earliest observations of men; an experience which has been common to me with thousands of race, the bitterness of which its frequency cannot diminish to any individual who suffers it.

Our Similarities bring us to a common ground; Our Differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.

In an age where every decision we make must be supported by numbers and opinion polls, kindness, compassion, faith and common sense require no statistical analysis.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men.

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles; the love, not the disappointments; the common sense, not the complexities.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.