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Common Things Quotes

The ordinary details that shape a life or a story.

These quotes examine how common things can quietly carry meaning, warning that even higher truths become unbelievable once reduced to something too familiar. Related craft reflections appear under Best quotes.

The most common things I would go out for would be, like, 'the Lab Technician' on a crime procedural, usually an expert in either a medical or a computer-oriented field.

Quotes by Randall Park

The higher truths are, the more cautious one must be with them; otherwise, they are converted into common things, and common things are not believed.

Nikolai Gogol

Walt understood all of those things, and even common things about people. For instance: Usually you get your idea of what kind of day it is by looking at the horizon, because the horizon is your eye level. So what...

Quotes by John Hench

I tell people: walk around for one month and write down three problems in your life every day. At first it's easy - you got stuck in traffic, you missed your alarm - but by the end of the month...

Quotes by Jay Samit

Best Quotes

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

Quotes by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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

Quotes by George Washington Carver

Continue to do common things in an uncommon way. Continue to be 'all in.' Continue to apply 'best is the standard.' Continue to be a person of excellence in everything you do.

Quotes by Dabo Swinney

I remember learning new words, trying to figure out what common things like cider, finding myself upset that my parents couldn't help me understand this new culture, that it was up to me to interpret for them as well as...

Quotes by An Na

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Common Things collection focus on?
It focuses on how ordinary, everyday things carry meaning, from higher truths reduced to the familiar to small daily problems worth writing down.
Is there a quote warning against trivializing important truths?
Yes, one line warns that higher truths, once converted into common things, stop being believed.
Does any quote describe a daily habit involving common things?
Yes, one speaker describes writing down three problems every day for a month, starting with small annoyances like traffic and missed alarms.
Is there a quote about recurring casting roles?
Yes, one actor recalls repeatedly auditioning for the common role of a crime-procedural lab technician.
What related topics pair with Common Things quotes?
Readers often continue to Best and Crime quotes for adjacent reflections.

One writer describes a month spent logging small daily problems like traffic and missed alarms, while an actor recalls being cast repeatedly as a crime-procedural lab technician. See also Crime quotes.