It's actually a tribute to the quality of economics teaching that they have persuaded so many generations of students to believe in… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Queen Victoria was a woman of peerless common sense; her common sense, which is a rare gift at any time, amounted to… — E. F. Benson Copy Share Image
From inability to let well alone; from too much zeal for the new and contempt for what is old; from putting knowledge… — Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
Fortunately for common sense, psychological research has shown that babies with more than one attachment are less distressed whenmother leaves to go… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
Paradox is the sharpest scalpel in the satchel of science. Nothing concentrates the mind as effectively, regardless of whether it pits two… — Hans Christian von Baeyer Copy Share Image
Islam is the religion of peace. And Islam, genuine, real Muslims are as opposed to Al-Qaeda and ISIS as we are. That… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In this fast paced world it is too frequently the case that people accept what society, family members and the authorities, whom… — Ann Wigmore Copy Share Image
I think math, common sense, and our history shows us that's not a recipe for job growth. Look, we've tried this. We've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We must institute reasonable, common-sense limits, such as barring those with a history of mental instability, those with a history of violent… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
Until computers and robots make quantum advances, they basically remain adding machines: capable only of doing things in which all the variables… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
We continue to adhere to a common-sense view of risk - how much we can lose and the probability of losing it.… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Maybe we need to fall on the common-sense side of protecting these species, but continue harvesting wood products we all use and… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
“You're right, i don't have common sense. I don't want to believe what every one else believes. I have my own thoughts,… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
I see more people taking on the cloak of accountability, more people tiring of the blame game. If we are all connected… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
The maxim of science is simply that of common sense-simple cases first; begin with seeing how the main force acts when there… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Panic: A highly underrated capacity thanks to which individuals are able to indicate clearly that something is wrong. Given their head, most… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly.… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
“Common sense...was one of the strongest ingredients of her character. She knew well enough that her fate was not to be an… — Nancy Byrd Turner Copy Share Image
“Grandma, what big teeth you have? The better to eat you with. That is why the girl must be very wary for… — Ruby Mohan Copy Share Image
As we have seen after every other [Donald] Trump controversy, this one only increased their enthusiasm for him. His supporters thought the… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
“They tended to wield the huge blunt ax of the law in circumstances that required the delicate scalpel of common sense. [...]… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Logical investigations can obviously be a useful tool for philosophy. They must, however, be informed by a sensitivity to the philosophical significance… — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
Plain experience and common sense inform us that no abstract Person can have made us as we are without also wishing to… — Paul F. M. Zahl Copy Share Image
If you examine the highest poetry in the light of common sense, you can only say that it is rubbish; and in… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
If you could once make up your mind never to undertake more work ... than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without… — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share Image
Rather than fight the same tired battles that have dominated Washington for decades, it's time to try something new. Let's invest in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Embracing your new kind of normal is the most empowering choice you will ever make. It transcends common sense. It is resistant… — Carol Kent Copy Share Image
Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
I started to learn some common sense. Even just sort of day-to-day things. I started to cook a little bit more and… — Paolo Nutini Copy Share Image
You can only live on the past for so long, and we kind of stretched our luck on that. We think we're… — Richard Petty Copy Share Image
One can imagine a sane, healthy, cheerful human society based on no more than the principles of common sense, as validated each… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
If we want the freedom to take part in our bit of differentness, then we must allow others their rights to take… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
What the founders of modern science, among them Galileo, had to do, was not to criticize and to combat certain faulty theories,… — Alexandre Koyre Copy Share Image
Introducing someone as a "Negro poet with a University degree" or again, quite simply, the expression, "a great black poet." These ready-made… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Tom Paine was a great American visionary. His book, Common Sense, sold a couple of hundred thousand copies in a population of… — Studs Terkel 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… — Jeannette Rankin Copy Share Image
For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam's front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
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