Common Quotations | Page 6

My black brothers and sisters - of all religious beliefs, or of no religious beliefs - we all have in common the greatest binding tie we could have. We are all black people!

Rice and vermicelli is a common combination in Arab and Turkish cooking - it has a lighter texture than rice on its own.

The ancient Apostles were common men, and that was part of their credential.

It's very common to implement mob grazing and double your production for a per-acre capitalisation investment... because it doesn't take any more corraling, no more electricity, rent, machinery or labour to double your production on an existing place.

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.

First figure out why you want the students to learn the subject and what you want them to know, and the method will result more or less by common sense.

We have international standards regulating everything from t-shirts to toys to tomatoes. There are international regulations for furniture. That means there are common standards for the global trade in armchairs but not the global trade in arms.

I'm a practical person. Most fashion people live in the clouds, and they're full of it. I live like a human being - or, I try to - and I have to be intelligent; I have to be practical. I'm a great believer in common sense, and the older I get, I see that common sense is not that common.

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.

Blue and green eyes will be so common that dark brown will become the rare and newly desired eye color.

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him.

The Egyptian military and the government of Israel have long had a common interest in maintaining order and fighting terrorism in Sinai.

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.

The real problem you get with humour is that you only have so many kinds of jokes within you, and you mine that vein a lot. This isn't just common to me; it's anybody who's funny.

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.

The idea that anybody might be allowed to use their common sense when clearly no harm is being done is part of history now.

The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news - politicians, journalists and celebrities.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal.

Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was.

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator.

We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little enlightenment could keep you from making some common investing errors.

The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history.

I don't see kids with Palm Pilots. They are not common on college campuses, except among professors. Gen Xers don't need them. They are a phenomenon of the 50-something who can't remember if his broker's number ends in 1137 or 3317.

Most patients enter a doctor's office or hospital as if it were a Mayan temple, representing an ancient and mysterious culture with no language in common with the visitor.

The common person fears to think beyond the common.

Working out another system to replace Newton's laws took a long time because phenomena at the atomic level were quite strange. One had to lose one's common sense in order to perceive what was happening at the atomic level.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

Many fiction writers write for the critics or for themselves; they forget the common reader. I never do. I don't think journalism clashes with my fiction; on the contrary, it helps enormously.

Science has nothing in common with religion. Facts and miracles never did and never will agree.

To be treated well in places where you don't expect to be treated well, to find things in common with people you thought previously you had very, very little in common with, that can't be a bad thing.

At first glance, Martha Stewart, queen of artfully distressed home furnishings, might not seem to have much in common with Michael R. Milken, one-time king of junk bonds.

The sacred books of all the world are worthless dross and common stones compared with Shakespeare's glittering gold and gleaming gems.

'The Butler' has virtually nothing in common with its source material, the life of White House butler Gene Allen, except for the fact that the main character of the film and Allen were both black butlers in the White House.

There is no common sense in going to the field to fight and leaving a man at home to undo all that you accomplish.

Mr. Hussein began building Ghazalia in the early 1980s as a home for army officers and other members of his Baath Party. Concrete mansions with pillars and domes are common in the southern half of the district.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

Traditions are a common part of our lives. They can be good, and not all traditions are wrong, but sometimes they can take the joy out of life.

I realize that my life is not the common ordinary person.

Perjury is the basest and meanest and most cowardly of crimes. What can it do? Perjury can change the common air that we breathe into the axe of an executioner.

A president must serve only the common cause of the people of the United States.

It's remarkable that the failures of the Obama, Clinton, Kerry foreign policy are not only uniting the Left and Right in Israel but might even be creating some common ground between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.

Unstructured information is common to just about every industry. This story has legs to support investors for quite a long time.

We are pleased to report another quarter of strong financial and operational results, as well as the completion of several activities that position us well for 2006. During the fourth quarter of 2005 we opened one new development project, entered into a land development joint venture, acquired interests in two regional malls, sold twelve non-core retail real estate assets, issued $1.1 billion of unsecured notes at attractive coupons, and expanded and extended our corporate credit facility on more favorable terms. In addition, our development program continues to proceed with six projects under construction. We are also pleased to announce today an 8.6 % increase in our common stock dividend.

We are pleased to be part of this campaign as while people are good at recycling their green glass, we know that the recycling of brown and clear glass is less common and we need to make our residents more aware of this, and why it is important.

We are advocating fair play at the Asian Cup. Every team has the right to compete on common ground so let's finish the tournament on a real high.

We believe that Sears Canada shareholders should consider the actions of the senior management and the largest independent shareholder when making a decision with respect to whether to tender their Sears Canada common shares.

We are awaiting a donor of a liver that will be a suitable match for my blood type, O positive, the most common type in this nation.

We are at the start of the 21st century and there are many risks in the world and we think that collaboration between Russia and the Vatican corresponds to the common good,

There are common lessons for us to learn from our own UK study and from the study just released by the AAUW. First, these forms of victimization happen to far too many students: female and male, from all walks of life, and from all races and ethnicities. The second discomforting similarity is that most students who have these experiences do not tell.

There are common building blocks that every parent needs to be successful. There are also common problems that parents face on a daily basis and the class I developed will help give parents the skills they need, answers to problems they face every day and the confidence to use the skills.

We stress that Congressman Weller's relationships with various Indian tribes has been longstanding, built out of strong mutual support for a number of common causes.

Where I would fault President Bush the most was that, in the wake of 9/11, he motivated our military, but he didn't call the nation into a state of war. And he didn't explain that this would take though a communal effort against common foe.

Where I think there is common ground now, and I think that goes for producer and consumer countries, is that everyone agrees we must have more stable long-term oil prices,

Where is the ethic, the justification, the respect for the most basic human rights and the common sense of such policies?

We didn't deliver efficiently, effectively and well for our customer a complete and durable Aerial Common Sensor system solution. In this case we did not do a sufficiently good job.

There is no one to sweep a common hall

There is no one like him alive today. He was a vast treasure trove and storehouse of musical and cultural knowledge and the richness that he has brought into all of our lives is immeasurable. He was a generous spirit, overlooking faults in order to see the common humanity that we all share and this is the quality that I will miss the most. For a man who has seen some of the most repulsive and ugly aspects of human nature to transform that knowledge into the beauty and grace that he does is an uplift and hope for citizens of the world.

There is no one like him alive today, ... He was a vast treasure trove and storehouse of musical and cultural knowledge and the richness that he has brought into all of our lives is immeasurable. He was a generous spirit, overlooking faults in order to see the common humanity that we all share and this is the quality that I will miss the most. For a man who has seen some of the most repulsive and ugly aspects of human nature to transform that knowledge into the beauty and grace that he does is an uplift and hope for citizens of the world.

We don't have any common opponents. We don't have a meet to go back and compare wrestlers. I would think it's going to be pretty close. Looking at the lineups, we're going to need to be on top of our game.

Watch out for those cars owned by salesmen or servicemen. Any educated consumer can look at a car and tell whether it's well maintained. Twenty-to-thirty thousand miles are common (for a rental or fleet car). Look at the odometer and the type of vehicle.

We've been able to serve people in large shelters, ... Now that we're moving to where they're dispersed throughout the community, we need a common communication center.

When I was a child growing up in the city, you never saw hawks. It's now quite common to see large birds of prey in New York City.

We're major league pitchers. It's one-and-one, you understand. You want to get ahead. You have to play common sense-wise." ()

What this does is it brings a common view, a unified message, a unified position of the United States and Europe,

What they have in common is living in an area that exposed them to at least one infected mosquito that transmits the disease,

When we began to think about our clients' interests, we discovered a common passion for motorcycles. Therefore, we created an event that is centered on that common passion. This passion for riding, coupled with the need to learn about the latest models of John Deere equipment has led to our employees, vendors and customers having a fantastic day together.

What a fine lesson is conveyed to the mind -- to take no note of time but by its benefits, to watch only for the smiles and neglect the frowns of fate, to compose our lives of bright and gentle moments, turning always to the sunny side of things, and letting the rest slip for our imaginations, unheeded or forgotten! How different from the common art of self-tormenting!

We wrapped all these technologies into a common platform. We took all the open source pieces, version-managed them, tested them and integrated them. Then we wrote additional technologies, such as the deployment kernel and a management console, to complete the picture.

What have I in common with Jews? I have hardly anything in common with myself

We both believe sustainable, healthy and stable development of Sino-US ties conforms to ... the common aspiration of our two peoples,

Weber goes off the beaten path. He practically scoffs at a lot of common valuation metrics and he isn't afraid to get heavily into certain industries that might make other people nervous. He definitely has the strength of his convictions, and for the most part it's worked out fairly well.

What's really common is that all these people are where they don't want to be. They're suing someone whom they, for some reason or another, had a good relationship with. Now the relationship is broken down so severely that all they can do is to take this person to court to try to get their attention. It just manifests itself in the form of a lawsuit.

What's ironic is that when we found ourselves coming together on these rescues, none of us knew the other had been abused. We discovered our common bond only after we started caring for the animals.

We're going to look at it from a less theoretical standpoint and more from a common sense, everyday type of view. We're going to mix both views.

We're going to have to find a place where we can all land. What we're all trying to find is something that is common ground enough to get the majority of Republicans on board.

Years ago it was pretty common to move for a job, but today, people are much more concerned about lifestyle, and location is now considered a major factor. Relocation is becoming a very big issue today.

With the improvement of our team over the last couple of years, hopefully there's renewed interest in this market, ... I believe that there's also a common thread now with ownership being Robert Sarver, (his) having grown up here and having gone to the university. It seems to make a lot of sense that the organization has a relationship not only with the university but the city of Tucson.

We're pleased with the recent sound development of Sino-US relations, ... We both believe it's the common aspiration of the two peoples to maintain sustained, healthy and stable development of bilateral ties.

We regard terrorism as an evil that threatens the world community. All countries must join hands in this common cause,

We're based on our friends' couches and in our old rooms at our parents' houses. What we have in common is that our parents loved to travel, so touring comes natural to us. We're a band of gypsies.

Through a business module mapping exercise, business unites can pinpoint common functions in different areas of operations, which serves as the basis for a service-oriented architecture.

Throughout history, civilizations have built a common cause through coming-of-age rituals. But we don't do that anymore. Maybe we should think about that.

This suggests that there are common themes responsible for the virulence of influenza viruses, ... In the case of these genes, we have a new target for the development of new antiviral drugs aimed at decreasing the virulence of highly pathogenic influenza viruses.

When it all boils down, its about embracing each others stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.

My own life is accessible to people still. I could see a guy walking down the street and, even though I'm famous, I got more in common with this guy than, like, Brad Pitt.

would be to develop a coordinated common approach to this grave situation.

Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion.

Word-of-mouth recommendation is the most common way to learn about real estate professionals. The most important criteria, whether you're buying or selling, are the individual agent's reputation and their knowledge of the local market.

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.

Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.

Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.