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Common Denominator Quotes

What gets lost when everyone settles for less.

Each quote here criticizes settling for the lowest common denominator, whether in wilderness designation exceptions, company technology choices, or how film characters can start to resemble each other. Related phrasing also appears on the Denominator page.

One common denominator of super-affluent alpha men is the conviction, unchallenged every day, that the world revolves around them.

Quotes by Tina Brown

Email has the virtue - sounds like a bad thing, but it's the virtue of being the lowest common denominator messaging protocol. Everyone can have it. It can cross organizational boundaries. No one owns it. It's not some particular company's...

Quotes by Stewart Butterfield

Inside a company, you can mandate that everyone use the same technology, which means you can go a little bit, I don't know, higher fidelity than the lowest common denominator technology.

Quotes by Stewart Butterfield

Sports is the common denominator in the world that brings everyone together. If there's any one place in the world where there is equality, it is probably sports. That was something that didn't always exist. We've come a long way...

Quotes by Stephen M. Ross

Abundance Quotes

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard

If there's a common denominator in all of the parts I've played, they are all strong women in tough situations.

Quotes by Sonya Walger

People with mental health problems are almost never dangerous. In fact, they are more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators. At the same time, mental illness has been the common denominator in one act of mass violence after...

Quotes by Roy Blunt

It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing.

Quotes by Ray Romano

Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions.

Quotes by Nick Rahall

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If anything, 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is a generic romance cynically engineered to appeal to the lowest common denominator of female fantasy.

Quotes by Meghan Daum

Any artist, the work you do, if it's a painting or if it's a performance, you hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something...

Quotes by Matthew McConaughey

I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing.

Quotes by Len Goodman

Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now.

Quotes by Juliette Binoche

Failure is an awful thing, and when I look at the common denominator of failure, it seems to always be the same thing: excuses.

Quotes by Jon Taffer

Day Quotes

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

Quotes by Jimmy Carter

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.

Quotes by Jenna Elfman

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

Quotes by Hannah Arendt

I don't plan ahead; each book finds me. History itself, the resonance of the past with the present, is the common denominator in all of them.

Quotes by Guy Gavriel Kay

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

Quotes by Cristina Saralegui

Denominator Quotes

We have to take risks in British television. It has to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and patronising people.

Quotes by Charles Dance

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Common Denominator quotes page cover?
It gathers quotes warning against settling for the lowest common denominator, applied across wilderness policy, workplace technology, and personal traits.
Why do people search for common denominator quotes?
People search for this phrase when they want language criticizing the tendency to settle for the least demanding or least ambitious option available.
Is there a quote applying common denominator to wilderness policy?
Yes, one quote argues against seeking the lowest common denominator in wilderness designation, warning it leads to too many exceptions and exemptions.
Does a quote here apply the phrase to workplace technology?
One quote notes that inside a company you can mandate everyone use the same technology, allowing for higher fidelity than the lowest common denominator option.
Is there a quote using common denominator to describe people?
Yes, one quote describes a shared trait among super-affluent men: an unchallenged daily conviction that the world revolves around them.

One quote turns the phrase toward people, describing a shared trait among super-affluent men convinced the world revolves around them. For more on resisting the easy option, see the Change quotes page.