Quotes by Common The young and the ambitious share a common risk: appearing naive. Scott Belsky ambitiousriskcommon Common Lisp is politics, not art. Scott Fahlman lispcommonart Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected. Samuel Johnson mutualexpectedcommon It is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can the nicest judgment always distinguish accidental similitude from artful imitation. Samuel Johnson unexpectedcommonwriting A writer is not different from a reader, in that the common ragbag of orthodoxies and assumptions is what a poet has to work with as well. Seamus Heaney orthodoxydifferentcommon When the term "machine gun" enters common parlance, the word "machine" becomes much more sinister. Scott Westerfeld machinesguncommon Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption. Samuel Johnson failingcommonmay It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Samuel Johnson fixedeyecommon Differences, we know, are never so effectually laid asleep as by some common calamity; an enemy unites all to whom he threatens danger. Samuel Johnson differencescommonenemy The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power ceases of delighting each other. Samuel Johnson pleasurecommonfriendship The common good and the individual good rarely coincide. Sergei Lukyanenko common-goodindividualcommon Many years ago someone told me something that I flatly refused to accept. And I still don't accept it now, despite all the times I've seen it proved right. "The common good and the individual good rarely coincide..." Sure, I know, it's true. But some truths are probably worse than lies. Sergei Lukyanenko commonlyingyears Richard Nixon clearly broke the law in the cover up of Watergate and hush money payments. That was all criminal activity. With these guys, we're not talking about the kind of common crimes that Nixon committed. I can't tell you whether they are technically breaking the law, but basically, the American government has been hijacked by neoconservatives. They are taking an awful lot of national security operations into the White House. Seymour Hersh guyhousecommon The more recent effort to encourage everyone to pray in common involves so many people. Shane Claiborne effortcommonpeople Dorian Yates and I have nothing in common, physically speaking. He's a Volkswagen; I'm a Porsche. Shawn Ray volkswagensporschecommon However wretched a fellow-mortal may be, he is still a member of our common species. Seneca the Younger brotherhoodcommonmay We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him. Shelley Winters commonlove-youlove 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. Sheri L. Dew sataninfluencecommon For me, philosophy is an activity of thought that is common to human beings. Human beings at their best. Simon Critchley being-humancommonphilosophy I hardly know a sight that raises one's indignation more than that of an enlarged soul joined to a contracted fortune; unless it be that so much more common one, of a contracted soul joined to an enlarged fortune. Sir Fulke Greville soulsightcommon«4647484950515253545556»
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