#commonplace

Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them. ↗

— Robert Staughton Lynd

#makes #making #mean #most #really

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#chains #cling #commonplace #desperately #escape

Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult. ↗

— John Masefield

#cannot #commonplace #dare #dislike #exult

I always find it kind of embarrassing, kind of funny, and kind of exciting. In New York I'm recognized a lot, although nobody says anything. You know, they stare at you just a second too long. But in Paris it's not as commonplace to be recognized. ↗

— Marc Jacobs

#always #anything #commonplace #embarrassing #exciting

Ya know, I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonplace thing - a hamburger and fries to go - but to him it was just the greatest thing ever, and he was going to make it the greatest thing ever for everybody else, and he did. ↗

— David Lee Roth

#always #commonplace #did #else #ever

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#imitation #interesting #more #nature

The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital communications and stored data. Right now the use of encryption isn't all that widespread, but that state of affairs is expected to change rapidly. ↗

— Dorothy Denning

#becomes #change #commonplace #communications #concern

Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time. ↗

— Michael Ende

#commonplace #each #granted #great #holds

Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another. ↗

— George Carlin

#audience #audience members #become #commonplace #far

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#course #critical #decision #events #high