#common

I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#common man #i #man #monotony #sands

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

— Peter O'Toole

#common denominator #dead #denominator #friends

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. ↗

— Barack Obama

#beings #common #competition #dignity #exclusive

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost. ↗

— Barack Obama

#common #else #exists #government #job

Mexico and the U.S. are bound not only because of the common border, but by a shared culture and history. ↗

— Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

#border #bound #common #culture #history

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#background #common #corps #desire #discovery

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing. ↗

— Ben Okri

#away #both #common #doing #draw

We must renew our efforts to keep our communities safe, from the dangers of terrorists from foreign lands and from common criminals here at home. Let no criminal believe that tough fiscal times will yield an open cell door and a ticket to freedom. ↗

— Bill Owens

#cell #common #communities #criminal #criminals

Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#also #attempts #common #common sense #create

China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#area #china #common #dealing #free