“Fiction means the common things as seen by the uncommon people. Fairy tales mean the uncommon things as seen by the common people.”

“Excellence is doing a common thing in an uncommon way.”

“One should use common words to say uncommon things”

“The purpose of an organization is to enable common men to do uncommon things.”

“TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.”

“A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.”

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

“The common man, he is the uncommon man”

“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.”

“It may be expecting too much to expect most intellectuals to have common sense, when their whole life is based on their being uncommon -- that is, saying things that are different from what everyone else is saying. There is only so much genuine originality in anyone. After that, being uncommon means indulging in pointless eccentricities or clever attempts to mock or shock.”