Common Man Quotes - Page 3

• Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of their benefits from grateful appreciation]

  Izaak Walton

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Grateful

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• Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when the sea was calm all boats alike showed mastership in floating.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Sea, Floating

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1809). “The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.123

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• Our vision is not just of economic growth, but also of a growth which would improve the life of the common man.

  Manmohan Singh

  Men, Growth, Vision

  Manmohan Singh, Smita Vats Sharma, India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division (2005). “Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: June 2005 to May 2006”

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• The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.

  P. T. Barnum

  Eye, Men, Wool

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• 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.

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• The virtues of a superior man are like the wind; the virtues of a common man are like the grass; the grass, when the wind passes over it, bends.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Wind, Common

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.412, Delphi Classics

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• Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding feature more common men killing each other with greater facilities than any other five centuries together in the history of the world.

  Winston Churchill

  Military, Men, Together

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.515, Da Capo Press

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• Under capitalism the common man enjoys amenities which in ages gone by were unknown and therefore inaccessible even to the richest people. But, of course, these motorcars, television sets and refrigerators do not make a man happy. In the instant in which he acquires them, he may feel happier than he did before. But as soon as some of his wishes are satisfied, new wishes spring up. Such is human nature.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Spring, Men, People

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• ...ambition without pious restraint must end in failure, often involving in its ruin that beautiful reverence which solaces common men for the obscurity and poverty of their lot.

  Russell Kirk

  Beautiful, Ambition, Men

  Russell Kirk (2001). “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot”, p.35, Regnery Publishing

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• This is the age othe common man, they tell us-a title which any man may claim to the extent osuch distinction as he has managed not to achieve.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Age, Titles

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• …Forgive us, O Lord, we acknowledge ourselves as type of the common man, Of the men and women who shut the door and sit by the fire; Who fear the blessing of God, the loneliness of the night of God, the surrender required, the deprivation inflicted; Who fear the injustice of men less than the justice of God; Who fear the hand at the window, the fire in the thatch, the fist in the tavern, the push into the canal, Less than we fear the love of God.

  T. S. Eliot

  Loneliness, Blessing, Night

  T. S. Eliot (2014). “The Complete Plays of T. S. Eliot”, p.55, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail.

  Henry A. Wallace

  Trust, Travel, Adventure

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• It is unfortunately very true that, without leisure and money, love can be no more than an orgy of the common man. Instead of being a sudden impulse full of ardor and reverie, it becomes a distastefully utilitarian affair.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Love, Men, Leisure

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• The common man is the sovereign consumer whose buying or abstention from buying ultimately determines what should be produced and in what quantity and quality.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Men, Liberty, Quality

  Ludwig Von Mises (1978). “Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, The”, p.1, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Men, People, Liberty

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• A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.

  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

  Spiritual, Men, Criticism

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• Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

  Spiritual, Men, Feet

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• You can't be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon

  Herb Brooks

  Monday, Morning, Men

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• The common man or women, whether they are Israeli or Palestinian, Protestant or Catholic or Iraqi or American, the common man just wants to live in peace and justice in a clean environment. When we look around the world and we see that is not the case, we know the will of the majority is not being listened to, that's the first sign that our system is broken.

  Woody Harrelson

  Men, Broken, Justice

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• Capitalism is essentially a system of mass production for the satisfaction of the needs of the masses. It pours a horn of plenty upon the common man. It has raised the average standard of living to a height never dreamed of in earlier ages. It has made accessible to millions of people enjoyments which a few generations ago were only within the reach of a small élite.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Men, Average, People

  Ludwig Von Mises (1978). “Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, The”, p.49, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• I taught myself how to draw, and I soon found out it was what I really wanted to do. I didn't think I was going to create any great masterpieces like Rembrandt or Gauguin. I thought comics was a common form of art, and strictly American in my estimation, because America was the home of the common man - and show me the common man that can't do a comic. So comics is an American form of art that anyone can do with a pencil and paper.

  Jack Kirby

  Art, Home, Men

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• The governments alone are responsible for the spread of the superstitious awe with which the common man looks upon every bit of paper upon which the treasury or agencies which it controls have printed the magical words legal tender.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Men, Agency, Looks

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• Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow. Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.

  George Jones

  Country, Real, Simple

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• Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their minds, with the common struggle of the common man.

  Paul Robeson

  Freedom, Struggle, Heart

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• Great men are but common men more fully developed and ripened.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Men, Excellence, Common

  Orison Swett Marden (1896). “Pushing to the Front: Or Success Under Difficulties, a Book of Inspiration and Encouragement to All who are Struggling for Self-elevation Along the Paths of Knowledge and of Duty”

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