Common Knowledge Quotes
What everyone is assumed to already know.
This set gathers lines that open with 'it is common knowledge,' a phrase used to assert everything from film gossip about Hitchcock's leading ladies to claims about a state government run by a small ring of insiders. It shows how the phrase can carry real evidence or just confident assertion.
So I think it is common knowledge that Hitchcock had fantasies or whatever you want to call them about his leading ladies.
It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.
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Art Quotes
It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found unsigned.
It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.
When I started out in comedy, it was common knowledge that it took about 10 years to get good. And that was okay because it took you about 9 years to get on television.
