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Arthur Schopenhauer261
German philosopher 1788–1860Related quotes
“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”
Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor
“Excellence is doing a common thing in an uncommon way.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“The purpose of an organization is to enable common men to do uncommon things.”
Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant
Source: 1960s - 1980s, MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 2, p. 455
“A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) Abolitionist, author
Source: Household Papers and Stories (1864), Ch. 10.
Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Myson, 3.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers
“The common man, he is the uncommon man”
Baba Amte (1914–2008) Indian freedom fighter, social worker
His constant refrain, page =4
Baba Amte: A Vision of New India
Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
Random Thought
2000s, Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays (2006)
“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.”
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American architect (1867-1959)
Anonymous saying, dating back at least to its citation in Natural Theology (1836) by Thomas Chalmers, Bk. II, Ch. III : On the Strength of the Evidences for a God in the Phenomena of Visible and External Nature, § 15, where the author states: "It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense."; it has since become misattributed to particular people, including Frank Lloyd Wright.
Misattributed