But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
[P]rescientific people... could never guess the nature of physical reality beyond the tiny sphere attainable by unaided common sense. Nothing else ever… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
. . . Newton was an unquestioning believer in an all-wise creator of the universe, and in his own inability - like… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
More and more clearly every day, out of biology, anthropology, sociology, history, economic analysis, psychological insight, plain human decency and common sense,… — Ordway Tead Copy Share Image
One of the most important virtues of the American character is our ability to approach the complexities that life presents us with… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“I've said it before, history repeats itself for those who don't learn from the past. Can we please learn from all this?… — L.M. Fields Copy Share Image
The general mental qualification necessary for scientific advancement is that which is usually denominated "common sense," though added to this, imagination, induction,… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you ought to have had your brakes relined last… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
The eureka moment is two reasons why the output-based standard should be adopted: common sense and accountability. Input-based standards don't encourage energy… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven't done… — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
“Ladies and gentlemen, when you paint your lips, eyes, nails, hair, side-beards, or whatever, to look beautiful or handsome, don't forget your… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
You can get caught up in the game, just like everybody else in the park. But I can't play favorites and hope… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I just love this idea of using, especially in terms of food, using that common sense. If you follow that - it's… — Rene Redzepi Copy Share Image
Science starts with preconception, with the common culture, and with common sense. It moves on to observation, is marked by the discovery… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
“Anyhow, the criterion of common sense was never applicable to the history of the human race. Averroës, Kant, Socrates, Newton, Voltaire, could… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
Yet as I cast my eye over the whole course of science I behold instances of false science, even more pretentious and… — Arthur Lynch Copy Share Image
“An interesting contrast between the geology of the present day and that of half a century ago, is presented by the complete… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
In articulating all my feelings about marriage equality, I almost don't know where to begin. And perhaps that's part of the problem.… — Scott Fujita Copy Share Image
If I drive my car to the store, those carbon molecules that are emitted actually get into the atmosphere circulation systems and… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
And I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Physics, my friend, is a narrow path drawn across a gulf that the human imagination cannot grasp. It is a set of… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
The obscurity, incredibility and obscenity, so conspicuous in many parts of it, would justly condemn the works of a modern writer. It… — Elihu Palmer Copy Share Image
The Christian faith does not call for us to put our minds on the shelf, to fly in the face of common… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
“In the long run, it is much easier to undo the policies of crooked leadership than to restore common sense and wisdom… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have prayed, we have coaxed, we have begged, for the vote, with the hope that men, out of chivalry, would bestow… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
When a man says that he is Jesus or Napoleon, or that the Martians are after him, or claims something else that… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Belief Systems contradict both science and ordinary "common sense." B.S. contradicts science, because it claims certitude and science can never achieve certitude:… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
But the more these conscious illusions of the ruling class are shown to be false and the less they satisfy common sense,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
What the founders of modern science ... had to do, was not criticize and to combat certain faulty theories, and to correct… — Alexandre Koyre Copy Share Image
Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation… — Tadashi Yanai Copy Share Image
We all have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense,… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Cooking creates a sense of well-being for yourself and the people you love and brings beauty and meaning to everyday life. And… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
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