Commonplace Trite Quotes & Sayings

Like any other science, yoga is applicable by people of every clime and time. The theory advanced by certain ignorant writers that yoga is "dangerous" or "unsuitable" for Westerners is wholly false, and has lamentably deterred many sincere students from seeking its manifold blessings. Yoga is a method for restraining the natural turbulence of thoughts, which otherwise impartially prevents all men, of all lands, from glimpsing their true nature of Spirit. Like the healing light of the sun, yoga is beneficial equally to men of the East and to men of the West. The thoughts of most persons are restless and capricious; a manifest need exists for yoga: the science of mind control. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth. — N. Robert Hammer

Jordan followed, buttoning his jeans and muttering about how there was nothing strange about having a pattern of dancing penguins on your underwear. — Cassandra Clare

People have a fundamental right to organize. It's rooted very much in the Constitution and people's right to free association. — Martin Heinrich

Ivanov: And this whole romance of ours is commonplace and trite: he lost heart, and he lost his way. She came along, strong and brave in spirit, and gave him an helping hand. That's all very well and plausible in novels, but in life ...
Sasha: In life it's the same.
Ivanov: I see you have a fine understanding of life! — Anton Chekhov

Every commonplace or trite observation is not a truism. — Charles Lamb

Gear is money, and if there's one thing we know about Hollywood, it's that money talks. — Elle Schneider

Art is too long, and life is too short, — Grace Paley

I avoided writers very carefully because they can perpetuate trouble as no one else can. — F Scott Fitzgerald

When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge. — Tuli Kupferberg

Intellect, at its best, can make you agnostic. Being theist or atheist is still a matter of choice. — Raheel Farooq