(50 quotes found)
“Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.”
George Washington Carver
“When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.”
Herbert Hoover
“To do a common thing, uncommonly well, brings success.”
Henry John Heinz
“It is very expensive to achieve high unreliability. It is not uncommon to increase the cost of an item by a factor of ten for each factor of ten degradation accomplished.”
Norman R. Augustine
“Doing common things uncommonly well.”
Orison Swett Marden
“When a new president takes over, changes in athletic directors aren't uncommon and the same can be said for coaches when there is a change in athletic directors. But when coaches have been successful, it is a stretch.”
Bruce Van de Velde
“It is not uncommon for contracts like this to run later than expected. We're just not at that stage yet to proceed.”
Brendan Gill
“Cell phones rely on the strongest signal. So it's not uncommon for the signal to hit a tower in another county,”
Andrew Knapp
“It is not uncommon for juniors and seniors to take a reduced load.”
Carl Wong
“That's been handed down over the years. That was not uncommon to be said: 'Get me something to work with.”
Carl Erskine
