Common Quotes - Page 27

We pass by common objects or persons without noticing them; but the keen eye detects and notes types everywhere and among all classes.

Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncrasies of individual character and the opinion of the newspapers.

For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.

[Garry] Kasparov and [Anatoly] Karpov have something in common. They both want to become deputies of the Russian State Duma.

People working together in a strong community with a shared goal and a common purpose can make the impossible possible.

I suppose, yes, I've been guilty of provocation but it's also just common sense marketing - put a bottle of scent in a woman's cleavage, or between her thighs - and men will notice.

Sure, he was lonely. Sure, they had a lot in common. Sure, he was attracted to her, and it was clear she felt the same about him.

The actions of the police division today will be to assist the church for the funeral. We anticipate that a fairly large crowd will be outside the church and the general area, ... We're trying to approach everything with common sense.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

"Love is not altogether a Delirium," says he elsewhere; "yet has it many points in common therewith."

In 'Common Sense' Paine flared forth with a document so powerful that the Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in his calm way said that matters never could be the same again.

I think anybody that is concerned with national security, and if you look at our Constitution - the Constitution states very clearly that the number one task of our government is to provide for the common defense and protection of this country.

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.

There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.

I tend to go for women with common sense. Being down to earth stands out more than looks.

I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.

English, our common language, binds our diverse people.

Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof.

[Quantum mechanics] describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And yet it fully agrees with experiment. So I hope you can accept nature as She is - absurd.

At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at home, the decision to increase domestic energy exploration is integral to a balanced, common sense energy policy.

I think that we all have something in common in that we have dreams. The thing about dreams is sometimes you get to live them out.

Fred Hoyle and I differ on lots of questions, but on this we agree: a common sense and satisfying interpretation of our world suggests the designing hand of a superintelligence.

Doing common things uncommonly well.

Great men are but common men more fully developed and ripened.