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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man. — Hans Jonas

For me, philosophy is an activity of thought that is common to human beings. Human beings at their best. — Simon Critchley

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

Common sense, however it tries,
cannot avoid being surprised from time to time. — Bertrand Russell

If we do the kind of common-sense public health measures we know work, we ought to be able to stop it from being a global pandemic,. — Julie Gerberding

In a social media world, the danger is being overexposed and when something is overexposed it is no longer interesting ... if ever it was. — Donna Lynn Hope

Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good. — James Hunter

Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen. — Wayne Thiebaud

At noon I observed a bevy of nude young native women bathing in the sea, and I went and sat down on there clothes to keep them from being stolen. — Mark Twain

She longs for fresh air and common sense, and is not willing to be a dolt for the sake of being called a deity. — Kate Gordon

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal. — George Eliot

He said, "Only you." I was alone and he was alone and we had nothing in common short of being human at night. — Monica Drake

The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense. — Caity Lotz

I like being on camera, performing, seeing what people have in common. — Eddie Huang

It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church. — Matthew Henry

What have we in common with the rosebud, which trembles because a drop of dew is lying upon it? — Friedrich Nietzsche

Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them. — Charles Caleb Colton

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common. — Satchel Paige

She had only meant to oppose the too common idea of spirit and gentleness being incompatible with each other. — Jane Austen

fear of being unmasked as the incompetent you "really" are is so common that it actually has a clinical name: impostor syndrome. — Megan McArdle

I wasn't ready to leave. Some masochistic shred of my being didn't want to walk away from him yet, even though staying defied logic and common sense. — Pepper Winters

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

Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named
the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt. — Thomas Harris

Google Plus gives you the opportunity to be yourself, and gives Google that common understanding of who you are. — Bradley Horowitz

You're not being tried by common sense," Horace said. "You're being tried by a jury. — William Faulkner

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. — Henry Ward Beecher

Being involved with passion is one of the common characteristics I have observed in all the successful people I have come across. — Vishwas Chavan

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion. — John Berger

If you love the roses, that is ordinary; if you love the weeds, that is extraordinary! Rather than being common, be extraordinary! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common. — Eric Hoffer

A common objection to inherited wealth is that it stifles the urge to work. I have not generally observed this to be true. — Louis Auchincloss

A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl Of Halifax

Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being murdered as the average human. — Jared Diamond

The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just. — Thomas Jefferson

May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise in the fact of uncommon people being below theirs? — Charles Dickens

Through me the energy policy of the whole Common Market is being held up. Without opening old wounds, it pleases me no end. — Tony Benn

Need doesn't care about being sensible. — Amit Kalantri

Common people are often enough; that is why God made so many of them. Your job is to be
EXTRAORDINARY. — Shannon L. Alder

There is a chalk outline slowly being drawn around common sense and most people can't identify the victim. — Dennis Miller

I think being on a set where people aren't being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable. — Gaby Hoffmann

Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity. — Will Smith

The sensation of being so close to another human being with whom I had not one single sensation in common left me speechless. — Elaine Dundy

It's common for information previously considered unclassified to be upgraded to classified before being publicly released. — Jennifer Palmieri

There is a dialectic between common humanity and particular ways of being human. — Howard Morphy

Mass killings have gone from being an extremely rare occurrence to a common occurrence. — Joyce Beatty

To mind being disliked by a woman you don't desire and are not married to is yet another serious failure of common sense. — Wendell Berry

Be venturesome. Try new things that appeal to you. Examine others. Have a pioneer spirit. Prevent your drawing from being common. Put life into it. — Robert Henri

Often I didn't think I was cut out for the way the world is, being born into a common culture and system I would never choose for myself. — Jackie Haze

The most common form of despair is not being who you are. — Soren Kierkegaard

If someone hates you so much that they try to hurt you, defending yourself is not being aggressive, it is doing what's necessary. — Charles F. Glassman

The Church alone, being the Bride of Christ and having all things in common with her Divine Spouse, is the depository of the truth. — Pope Pius X

Being that all of my intelligence is wasted in the classroom, my common sense is at exactly level zero. — Kandi Steiner

The strength of the nation lies in the well-being of the common man. — Diosdado Macapagal

Respect is more than giving consideration of one's feelings. It is showing common courtesy for another human being. — Tom Baker

It Doesn't Matter who is being beaten up, it's all about the girl who screams like a banshee. — Steve Crapo

Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence. — H.P. Lovecraft

Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent. — Thomas Jefferson

It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones. — George R R Martin

Being informed is different from being formed, and the first is a common substitute for the second. — Richard Rohr

One common desire that every human being has is to love and be loved. At the end of our lives, it's how we measure our lives. — Denise Di Novi

Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected. — John Locke

Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife. — Heraclitus

He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

Being alive is a common road. It's what we notice makes us different. — Naomi Shihab Nye

Being blinded in love and friendship is a common mistake. — Eraldo Banovac