“I violate no secret when I say that one of the greatest values in Masonry is that it affords an opportunity for men of all walks of life to meet on common ground where all men are equal and have one common interest.” MenValuesOpportunityInterestWalksCommonSecretEqualCommon GroundWalks Of LifeMasonicMasonryCommon Interests Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Although we may come from vastly different stories and very different walks of life, we are one people who possess common values and common ideals; who celebrate individual excellence but also share a recognition that together, we can accomplish great and wonderful things we can't accomplish alone.” PeopleMayDifferentStoriesTogetherValuesIndividualWalksCommonWonderfulShareIdealsExcellenceAccomplishCelebrateRecognitionWonderful ThingsWalks Of LifeTogether We CanDifferent Walks Of Life Author:Barack Obama
“Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.” SeemsWalksCommonMistSelf-importanceClearness Book:The Spanish gypsy Source: The Spanish gypsy
“There is only one positive role of the Nobel prize--it creates some common way to understand a writer. I cannot say, that I like this situation, but that's the way it goes. The books are being born and then walk around the world, just as children do.” WorldWayChildrenBookBornWalksCommonSituationRolesAround The WorldPrizeNobelNobel Prize Author:Stanislaw Lem
“Movie failures are like the common cold. You can stay in bed and take aspirin for six days and recover. Or you can walk around and ignore it for six days and recover.” WalksCommonFailureColdBedSixMovieAspirinCommon Cold Book:Self-portrait Source: Self-portrait
“I'm good at my job for a midwestern American. Maybe it's because people in fashion often mistake common sense for genius. I mean, some model walks down the runway in an impossible outfit, and I state the obvious ? no one is going to wear that ? and people are like, you're brilliant!.” PeopleMeanStatesJobsWalksCommonMistakeImpossibleFashionLike YouGeniusModelsObviousBrilliantCommon SenseRunway Author:David Wolfe
“It was common practice for me to take my children with me whenever I went shopping, out for a walk in a white neighborhood, or just felt like going about in a white world. The reason was simple enough: if a black man is alone or with other black men, he is a threat to whites. But if he is with children, then he is harmless, adorable.” IfsMenWorldChildrenReasonEnoughFeltBlackSimpleWhiteWalksCommonPracticeThreatMy ChildrenNeighborhoodShoppingAdorable Author:Gerald Early
“Architecture is not a private affair; even a house must serve a whole family and its friends, and most buildings are used by everybody, people of all walks of life. If a building is to meet the needs of all the people, the architect must look for some common ground of understanding and experience.” PeopleIfsNeedsLooksWholeUsedHouseUnderstandingWalksCommonBuildingAffairArchitectureArchitectCommon GroundWhole FamilyWalks Of Life Author:John C. Portman, Jr.
“The vulgar look upon a man, who is reckoned a fine speaker, as a phenomenon, a supernatural being, and endowed with some peculiargift of Heaven; they stare at him, if he walks in the park, and cry, that is he. You will, I am sure, view him in a juster light, and nulla formidine. You will consider him only as a man of good sense, who adorns common thoughts with the graces of elocution, and the elegancy of style. The miracle will then cease.” IfsMenLooksLightHeavenWalksViewsCommonGraceStyleCryFineFameMiracleCeaseReputationStaringParksLook UpPhenomenonSpeakersVulgarGood SenseWalks In The ParkSupernatural BeingsElocution Author:Lord Chesterfield
“All over East Africa-indeed, all over Africa-it is normal for people to walk a kilometer or two or six for water. In more arid areas, people walk even greater distances, and sometimes all they find at the end is a pond slimy with overuse. More than 90 percent of Africans still dig for their water, and waterborne diseases such as typhoid, dysentery, bilharzia, and cholera are common. The bodies of many Africans are a stew of parasites. In some areas the wells are so far below the earth's surface that chains of people are required to pass up the water.” PeopleWellsStillsTwoEndsSometimesBodyEarthWaterWalksCommonGreaterDiseaseNormalSixPercentAreasDistanceEnvironmentalSurfaceEastChainsPondsParasitesStewCholeraEast AfricaTyphoidDysentery Author:Marq de Villiers
“The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.” MenLifeHeavenWalksCommonFateGood ManVirtuousChamberVergeVirtuous Life Book:The poetical works of Edward Young Source: The poetical works of Edward Young
“Let the Common School be expanded to its capabilities, let it be worked with the efficiency of which it is susceptible, and nine tenths of the crimes in the penal code would become obsolete; the long catalogue of human ills would be abridged; men would walk more safely by day; every pillow would be more inviolate by night; property, life, and character held by a stronger tenure; all rational hopes respecting the future brightened.” MenHumansLongCharacterWould BeSchoolNightWalksCommonCrimeStrongerPropertyNineRationalCodeCapabilityEfficiencyPillowObsoleteSusceptibleTenureCatalogues Book:Common School Journal Source: Common School Journal