#common

The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof. ↗

— Elizabeth I Tudor

#all #belong #common #environmental #fair-user

Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country. ↗

— Ellen Wilkinson

#country #given #hard #house #lives

Far be it from me to ever let my common sense get in the way of my stupidity. I say we press on. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#sense #stupidity #stupidity

I have neither the ability of a poet or the flourish of a dramatist. But I must admit I was floored ↗

— Tushar Raheja

#love

By almost every account he's a fine young man. I'm simply trying to figure out why I should care that he's three centimeters taller than he was in May. ↗

— John Burnham Schwartz

#empress #japan #love #schwartz #the-commoner

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best. ↗

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

#inspirational #inspirational

The past is behind us unless we fail to learn from it. ↗

— L.M. Fields

#inspirational #logic #truth #inspirational

Men had suddenly become a scarce commodity, if not quite as sought after as rice. ↗

— John Burnham Schwartz

#men #scarcity #schwartz #the-commoner #love

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#friendship #hatred #love #much #people

People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many differences in creed and theology. Surely the answer is that we can meet in service, in shared moral convictions about our nation stemming from a common worldview. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#answer #common #convictions #creed #differences