#common denominator

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. ↗

— George Santayana

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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. ↗

— W. H. Auden

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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

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