Common Man Quotes - Page 2

• Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid...He is the hero, he is everything. He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor, by instinct, by inevitability, without thought of it, and certainly without saying it. He must be the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world

  Raymond Chandler

  Hero, Mean, Men

  Raymond Chandler (2014). “The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words”, p.69, Vintage

  81 Copy quote

  Show source

• We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Life, Success, Men

  26 Copy quote

• A lot of our fellow liberals ... seem to me rather to doom themselves to futility in public affairs because the won't recognize that there's a zone of natural affection midway between the inner, or family one, and the outer, or all-humanity one. I suppose they are somehow short of a zone themselves and they seem to get vexed... The common man knows better, just as he'd know better if some philosopher told him he ought not to make invidious distinctions by feeding his own children in preference to others. But of course he can't explain; he just ... goes on feeding the kids.

  Charles Edward Montague

  Children, Kids, Men

  7 Copy quote

• God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness.

  Hudson Taylor

  Men, Missionary, Common

  227 Copy quote

• In the 1930s there was this tendency in Hollywood to portray everyone as rich. Even if they were doing a poor man's dance, they were all so nicely clothed, gowned, coiffured. That's why I decided to wear white socks, loafers, T-shirts, and blue jeans. I had a sociopolitical context in front of me: I was a child of the Depression who danced in a way that would represent the common man.

  Gene Kelly

  Children, Men, Blue

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

  44 Copy quote

  Show source

• I confess my belief in the common man.... The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.... The man who is in the melee knows what blows are being struck and what blood is being drawn.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Swimming, Blow, Men

  Woodrow Wilson (2012). “The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People”, p.60, tredition

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• What threatens civilization today is not war, but the changing conception of life values entailed by certain political doctrines. Only by recapturing the dream of human freedom and restoring the importance of the common man's liberties can that undermining threat to modern civilization be averted

  Lin Yutang

  Dream, War, Men

  4 Copy quote

• The two most potent post-war orthodoxies--socialist politics and modernist art--have at least one feature in common: they are bothforms of snobbery, the anti-bourgeois snobbery of people convinced of their right to dictate to the common man in the name of the common man.

  Roger Scruton

  Art, War, Men

  35 Copy quote

• The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Success, Time, Men

  14 Copy quote

• The uncouth hordes of common men are not fit to recognize duly the merits of those who eclipse their own wretchedness.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Men, Merit, Common

  Ludwig Von Mises (1962). “The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method”

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• I do not choose to be a common man…it is my right to be uncommon—if I can…I seek opportunity—not security…I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed… to refuse to barter incentive for a dole… I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopias….

  Peter O'Toole

  Dream, Opportunity, Men

  "Who's Who in America". Book by Dean Alfange, vol. 1, p. 42, 1984 - 85.

  27 Copy quote

  Show source

• I felt the comics grew because they became the common man's literature, the common man's art, the common man's publishing.

  Jack Kirby

  Art, Men, Literature

  Interview with Gary Groth, www.tcj.com. February 1990.

  59 Copy quote

  Show source

• Success is uncommon, not to be found by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people.

  Cal Stoll

  Motivation, Men, People

  6 Copy quote

• The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Men, Done, Morality

  5 Copy quote

• Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'

  Bertrand Russell

  Philosophy, Men, Common

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Bertrand Russell's Best”, p.66, Routledge

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• A short time ago the demagogues blamed capitalism for the poverty of the masses. Today they rather blame capitalism for the "affluence" that it bestows upon the common man.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Men, Today, Poverty

  6 Copy quote

• A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.

  Confucius

  Wise, Science, Men

  10 Copy quote

• These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men.

  William Shakespeare

  Conceited, Men, Common

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. [42]

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women.

  Herbert Hoover

  Men, Presidential, Needs

  Herbert Hoover (1955). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1950-1955”

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I am just a plain, common man.

  Nicholas II of Russia

  Men, Common

  22 Copy quote

• For Star Trek proves, as faulty as individual episodes could be, is that the much-maligned common man and common woman has an enormous hunger for brotherhood. They are ready for the twenty-third century now, and they are light-years ahead of their petty governments and their visionless leaders.

  Gene Roddenberry

  Stars, Men, Light

  66 Copy quote

• Success is uncommon and not to be enjoyed by the common man.  I'm looking for uncommon people because we want to be successful, not average.

  Tony Dungy

  Successful, Men, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.47, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

  64 Copy quote

  Show source

• Satisfaction may be the goal of the common man, but it is the enemy of greatness.

  Garrison Wynn

  Greatness, Men, Goal

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by disciples of the same ingenuity, then things will only become formalized and get stuck in a cul-de-sac; whereby breakthrough and progress will be almost impossible.

  Bruce Lee

  Men, Progress, Branches

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.150, Tuttle Publishing

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• A well-chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure.

  Robert Graves

  Science, Medicine, May

  9 Copy quote