Famous quotes containing the words common and/or chameleon:
“Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“... ideals, standards, aspirations,—those are chameleon words, and take color from their speakers,—often false tints. A scholarly man of my acquaintance once told me that he traveled a thousand miles into the desert to get away from the word uplift, and it was the first word he heard after he reached his destination.”
—Carolyn Wells (1862–1942)