Common People

Famous quotes containing the words common and/or people:

“This fond reiteration of the oldest expressions of truth by the latest posterity, content with slightly and religiously retouching the old material, is the most impressive proof of a common humanity.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)