Common Quotes - Page 20

I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected. Common traditional saying: Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or, of remedying it.

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

The greatest problem before engineers and managers today is the economical utilization of labor . The limiting of output by the workman, and the limiting by the employer of the amount a workman is allowed to earn, are both factors which militate against that harmonious co-operation of employer and employee which is essential to their highest common good.

In all cases where incidental powers are acted upon, the principal and incidental ought to be congenial with each other, and partake of a common nature. The incidental power ought to be strictly subordinate and limited to the end proposed to be obtained by the specified power. In other words, under the name of accomplishing one object which is specified, the power implied ought not to be made to embrace other objects, which are not specified in the constitution.

To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.

America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans.

Those fine eyes of hers had a disconcertingly direct gaze, and very often twinkled in a manner disturbing to male egotism. She had common-sense too, and what man wanted the plainly matter-of-fact, when he could enjoy instead Sophia's delicious folly?

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

Common sense tells us that this explosion of media sources should eliminate any concern over a lack of diversity of views in the marketplace and competition.

The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations.

I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.

All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

If the grass is greener on the other side it`s probably getting better care. Success is a matter of sticking to a set of common sense principles anyone can master.

It is a common law of nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors.

Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace

Philosophers and common heathen believed one God, to whom all things were referred; but under this God they worshipped many inferior and subservient gods.

A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity.

A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money.

…there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is - common decency.

Judas Iscariot was not a greatly wicked person, just a common money-lover, and like most money-lovers, he did not understand Christ.

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

Spirit of immersion and curiosity and awe and participation is something which Timothy Treadwell and I have in common.