Quotes on The Commonplace
Most of us swim in the ocean of the commonplace.
PioBaroja (1872-1956) Spanish novelist, essayist
The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be common-place, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and impose them wherever it will.
Jose Ortega Gasset (1883-1955) Spanish essayist, philosopher
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary, great minds in the commonplace.
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American author
Thou unassuming common-place Of Nature, with that homely face.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English poet
The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason He makes so many of them.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American president