Uncommon Quotations | Page 2

New College is a very specific kind of school that offers a small, private school feel at a state college price. It is an uncommon place and could be just the right place for the right student.

I teach world history, and we have a term for guys like Malcolm. He really is what they call a Renaissance Man. He doesn't fit a stereotype. It's uncommon to have all of those things at the same time.

Two separate kitchens in very large houses is not uncommon now.

I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one; Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient frien

He spots his pitches very well. It's also not uncommon for him to go out and throw four or five pitches and be out of the inning.

It's not uncommon for private schools across the nation to hold kids back for a year, normally in the intermediate age, ... It's for academic reasons, emotional, physical reasons, to fully develop the child. It wasn't to gain an athletic advantage. It was to develop the study habits to succeed in college.

It's not uncommon for people to overvalue the importance of demonstrating their competence and power, often at the expense of demonstrating their warmth.

It's not uncommon for organized crime groups, bikers or anyone else to eliminate some of their members. There are disputes off all kinds, power struggles.

It's not uncommon for aircraft to have problems with their landing gear. This isn't unique to this particular aircraft.

It's not uncommon for a complex investigation to last six to 18 months.