Commonplace Quotes

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.

Let us dig our furrow in the fields of the commonplace.

The man who puts life into an idea is acclaimed a genius, because he does the right thing at the right time. Therein lies the difference between the genius and a commonplace man.