Common man may refer to:
- The Common Man, a cartoon character by R. K. Laxman
- The Common Man (film), a 1975 French film
- A Common Man (film), a 2011 film starring Ben Kingsley
- The Common Man Progrum, radio sports show hosted by Dan Cole on KFXN-FM
Famous quotes containing the words common man, common and/or man:
“I confess my belief in the common man.... The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.... The man who is in the melee knows what blows are being struck and what blood is being drawn.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“You common cry of curs, whose breath I hate
As reek a’th’rotten fens, whose loves I prize
As the dead carcasses of unburied men
That do corrupt my air—I banish you!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“No man, said Birkin, cuts another man’s throat unless he wants to cut it, and unless the other man wants it cutting. This is a complete truth. It takes two people to make a murder: a murderer and a murderee.... And a man who is murderable is a man who has in a profound if hidden lust desires to be murdered.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)