Common Quotes
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No longer can we consider what the artist does to be a self-contained activity, mysteriously inspired from above, unrelated and unrelatable to other human activities. Instead, we recognize the exalted kind of seeing that leads to the creation of great art as an outgrowth of the humbler and more common activity of the eyes in everyday life. Just as the prosaic search for information is "artistic" because it involves giving and finding shape and meaning, so the artist's conceiving is an instrument of life, a refined way of understanding who and where we are.
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People with fertility problems are not alone. It is a very very common problem for couples today. I've seen statistics that are just staggering.
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Charity and good-nature give a sanction to the most common actions; and pride and ill-nature make our best virtues despicable.
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My soul had found All happiness in its own cause or ground. Godhead on Godhead in sexual spasm begot Godhead. Some shadow fell. My soul forgot Those amorous cries that out of quiet come And must the common round of day resume.
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All men of goodwill have this in common - that our works put us to shame.
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It is a mystery why people think they need to act as their friends' dietitian, nonetheless it's common.
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Baltimore was never intended to be anything other than this original novel that Chris Golden and I did together. There was never any thought of this thing going on and becoming a series. If there's any common thing between these characters, it's that they weren't anything I was seeing in comics. Almost everything I've done is something I wish somebody else was doing, because it's what I'd like to read.
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Anyone can use these sites - companies and colleges, teachers and students, young and old all make use of networking sites to connect with people electronically to share pictures, information, course work, and common interests.
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The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. The working novelist lies daily, very complexly, and at great length.
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It's now very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'.
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Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending non-corrupt communication.
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Common sense often makes a good law.
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Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
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Thank God for the way He made you. You are special, distinct, and unique. You were not made from a common mold. Thank Him that you are special.
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You know, you don't have to have money to be a successful businessperson. You don't need a college degree. You just need a lot of common sense backed up by a willingness to work hard.
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There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named -- the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt.
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The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.
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The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth.
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They aren't common, but enormously interesting. How can it be that you've been together that long and you're still intensely in love with them?
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The religious wars showed that the Christian faith was no longer Europe's unifying force. A new common ground was needed, and it was found in reason, which is something that is shared by all of mankind. This was one of the roots of the Enlightenment and its concept of universal human rights.
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The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane.
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Common sense is not always common practice.
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If successful people have one common trait, it's an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what they need without asking for permission; they're driven, talented, and work through negatives by focusing on the positives.
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We need to discover a common middle ground in which all of these things, from the city to the wilderness, can somehow be encompassed in the word “home.”
