#uncommon

Do you think I'm wonderful? she asked him one day as they leaned against the trunk of a petrified maple. No, he said. Why? Because so many girls are wonderful. I imagine hundreds of men have called their loves wonderful today, and it's only noon. You couldn't be something that hundreds of others are. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#uniqueness #imagination

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

#common sense #more #nothing #sense #than

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#common thing #common way #excellence #thing #uncommon

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#aristocratic #atmosphere #common #common sense #live

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon. ↗

— Michael F. Easley

#because #competitive #economy #education #making

To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#common #common things #endeavor #far #our

You now have six-year campaigns for the Senate - you never stop running. It's not uncommon for a member of the Senate to have a fundraising breakfast, a fundraising lunch and a fundraising dinner, and then when the Senate breaks for the week to go home, more fundraisers. And that's driven by the cost of campaigning. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#breaks #campaigning #campaigns #cost #dinner

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. ↗

— George Washington Carver

#command #common #common things #common way #life

Hale!' Kat cried, but the boy only stared at her. 'Fine,' she conceded. 'I love your boat.' 'Ship.' 'Ship ... Your ship is beautiful. ↗

— Ally Carter

#humor #uncommon #beauty