“Into the hands of common sense I confided the matter. Common sense, however, was as chilled and bewildered as all my other… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
What is called common sense is excellent in its department, and as invaluable as the virtue of conformity in the army and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I plead guilty to that when I was young pastor. In one of my churches I changed so much, one old wag… — Jerry Vines Copy Share Image
Yes,” said Mamma, “this is the worst of life, that love does not give us common sense but is a sure way… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
If the present White House leadership runs the gauntlet of common sense and the people's will for peace and challenges us by… — Dmitriy Ustinov Copy Share Image
Sydney Smith playfully says that common sense was invented by Socrates, that philosopher having been one of its most conspicuous exemplars in… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
In place of practising wholesome self-abnegation, we ever make the wish the father to the thought: we receive as friendly that which… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
“As a result, I tended to hire people who were the same way—who would dive right into challenges, figure out what to… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Buffett was a billionaire who drove his own car, did his own taxes, and still lived in a home he had bought… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“being genius does not necessarily means knowing it all or having the highest academic qualification but a persons ability to apply wisdom… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later… — Caitlin Rose Copy Share Image
Democratic Rep. Charles Schumer of New York made a plea to Livingston, the incoming speaker. These new hearings, these new subpoenas wave… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in free speech. Common Sense's motto is sanity, not censorship. But I'm over the age of 18, and… — Jim Steyer Copy Share Image
We have all forgotten what we really are. All that we call common sense and rationality and practicality and positivism only means… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In practice, the goal of skepticism is not the discovery of truth, but the exposure of other people's errors. It plays a… — Rupert Sheldrake Copy Share Image
Consumers are realizing the benefits of in-car entertainment and navigation systems. When used properly, these products are great tools that help drivers… — Gary Shapiro Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you something you probably already know. It's that second cork that should remain in the neck of the bottle.… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It would be foolish to give credit to Euclid for pangeometrical conceptions; the idea of geometry deifferent from the common-sense one never… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you can't fake.… — Wale Copy Share Image
To me a translator is very, very important. If the fixer is also the translator, so much the better. I have known… — Peter Menzel Copy Share Image
There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good - though in the short run, it's difficult to determine… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We have to have an aggressive, long-term plan to tackle our nation’s debt, but attempting to balance the budget on the backs… — Tim Walz Copy Share Image
“A leading common sense–based reason for exploring other animals’ realities, which is also a scientific one, is the pursuit of truth. Science… — Paul Waldau Copy Share Image
It makes common sense to be managed by results and it's freeing to know you are in control of your own destiny.… — Maynard Webb Copy Share Image
But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand… — William Robertson Smith Copy Share Image
“To appeal to common sense when insight and science fail, and no sooner—this is one of the subtle discoveries of modern times,… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
The free system of government we have established is so congenial with reason, with common sense, and with a universal feeling, that… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Religion can be a good thing, but basically the way I look at it is that it provides a moral code, common… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
If you build - if you spend billions of taxpayer dollars to build a wall over, let's say, a mountain, if you… — Jeh Johnson Copy Share Image
Who said that justice is what you imagine? Can you be sure that you know it when you see it, that you… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
“I didn’t value experience as much as character, creativity, and common sense, which I suppose was related to my having started Bridgewater… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense… — Ian Dunbar Copy Share Image
The citizen of Oceania is not allowed to know anything of the tenets of the other two philosophies, but he is taught… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
You know what speed is. You would not believe a man who claimed to walk at 5 miles an hour, but took… — W. W. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I believe we can have common sense gun safety measures consistent with the Second Amendment, and, in fact, what I have proposed… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
People say 'I love Artists', but what they really know about Artists? They've ever thought about sharing the real madness with us?… — Hiroko Sakai Copy Share Image
