“By the standards of magical society they’d fallen at the first hurdle: they hadn’t had the basic good sense to keep their… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Science is not 'organized common sense'; at its most exciting, it reformulates our view of the world by imposing powerful theories against… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“Our primary health care should begin on the farm and in our hearts, and not in some laboratory of the biotech and… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
People talking behind your back is a compliment really. It means they have enough sense to not act up in your face! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't make the laws, I just enforce them." "Then remind me to introduce a new set of laws, since the ones… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Though you can live for as much as you like, but your longevity is stupidity if you were leading a worthless life.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I will use my position as chairman emeritus on the Energy and Commerce Committee to try to bring some common sense to… — Joe Barton Copy Share Image
First figure out why you want the students to learn the subject and what you want them to know, and the method… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
I have problems with a religion which says that faith in itself is enough for a ticket to heaven. In other words,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think America can just drill itself out of its current energy situation. We don't need to destroy the environment to… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
What a dull universe it would be if everything in it conformed to our expectations, if it held nothing to surprise or… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
We also must pull from our highest ideals of justice and protect against those ills that destabilized our economy - like predatory… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I don't take left-right on any of my positions. I take common sense and so again, if alternative energy saves money, it… — Christopher Martenson Copy Share Image
New immigration plan is about legal education. It allows educated people who want to become Americans to stay and become Americans. It… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“It is not enough to acquire knowledge. Common-sense is paramount. Sadly, it is not in every knowledgeable person’s shed.” — Muhammed Muazu Mukaddas Copy Share Image
Don't ask questions you don't want the answers to. It's just common sense that I learned the hard way - I keep… — Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein Copy Share Image
Use your brains, your common sense, and do not become an object. The way you look is important, but who you are… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
“What makes you such an expert on alien life?” Scarlet asked after a few minutes. “I’ve been all over the galaxy. Seen… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
It's impossible, said the pride. It's risky, said the experience. It's meaningless, said the common sense. Give it a chance, whispered the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly made at… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
I remind myself of Einstein's remark that common sense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions acquired by age 18... — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Software developers, mathematicians, and game-theory modelers aren’t running away with all the rewards; it is the people who have the most common… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
“He was too clever. If you’re that clever you can argue yourself into anything. You just leave common sense behind.” — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“Every romantic woman dreams of Willoughby. However, every wise woman’s heart knows Colonel Brandon would take care of her when she was… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The truth is: Everyone will judge you. But this depends upon your intellectual capacity whether you are able to distinguish constructive criticism… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense.… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Stars on our door, stars in our eyes, stars exploding in the bits of our brains where the common sense should have… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense,… — Myrna Loy Copy Share Image
Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
I appreciate nature and I do think we are all connected. What we do to each other and our planet affects us… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
If you are honest, hardworking, reasonably intelligent and have good common sense, you can do well in the investment field as long… — Walter Schloss Copy Share Image
The Keystone Pipeline is one common-sense step in the right direction to help put more people back to work, reduce prices at… — Roy Blunt Copy Share Image
With the first commandment, Mohammed tried to imprison common sense. And with the second commandment, the beautiful, romantic side of mankind was… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Most elected officials cling to their ideological biases, despite the real-world facts that disprove their theories time and again. Most have no… — Lawrence Kudlow Copy Share Image
