“I don’t think I would care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn’t know what to talk to him about.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Heartless it may be, but headless it ain't. I've never claimed to be nice, just to be sensible. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[Theresa May] is very sensible and I think that's a good thing at this point in time. — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We can understand the sentiment you're saying to us. Oh, but sensible sells so could you kindly shut up. — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of… — William Temple Copy Share Image
A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible way, using local resources, is not sound… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
In cold weather a good rule is to light your fire first before doing anything else. It is always more sensible to… — Mors Kochanski Copy Share Image
I'm not sure you're quite sensible of the honor I'm doing you," Jace said. "you'll be the first mundane who has ever… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
You know, any sane magician would never reveal his method of deception. And I don't think that a sensible musician would either. — Van Dyke Parks Copy Share Image
Sensible Catholics have for generations been ignoring the views on contraception held by reactionary old men in the Vatican, but alas, since… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
We need only reflect on what has been prov'd at large, that we are never sensible of any connexion betwixt causes and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The ordinary, utterly mundane reason behind the massacre makes it somehow more terrible, and far more depressing. The word 'senseless' springs to… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
You step forward and make it real for a start. You choose a sensible moment in history. Funnily enough, England was bankrupt… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I couldn't care less what anybody says about me. I live my life, especially my personal life, strictly for myself… Whatever you… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Part of that, I think, is being able to tune out folly, as distinguished from recognizing wisdom. You've got whole categories of… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Out of time we cut 'days' and 'nights', 'summers' and 'winters.' We say what, each part of the sensible continuum is, and… — William James Copy Share Image
There is an inconvenience which attends all abstruse reasoning. that it may silence, without convincing an antagonist, and requires the same intense… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Men who have flattered themselves into this opinion of their own abilities, look down on all who waste their lives over books,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Gorlog's teeth!" Erak exclaimed, stunned at the numbers. "How many are there?" "Ten thousand, maybe twelve," Halt replied briefly. The Skandian let… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
What we need to do is to have a sensible approach to immigration. It needs to be open. It needs to be… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I think the best and perhaps only sensible policy for the future is to prepare society for change and be prepared to… — Lennart Bengtsson Copy Share Image
Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, no more occasion for war. If this… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, is a little like wood carving. You find the lump of tree (the big central theme that gets you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
As Marcus considered various ways to open the subject of Daisy, Swift surprised him with a blunt statement. “My lord, there is… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
It's a sensible rule that says before you get a mortgage it should be checked whether you can afford it. — Martin Lewis Copy Share Image
I really believe that beauty comes from health - sensible eating and exercise. — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Sensible fathers and mothers, when their children marry, go back to the old days and renew their youth. — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone. — Gustav Mahler Copy Share Image
The sensible part of me wanted to dissect my emotions, overthinking and overcomplicating my reaction to Jev. — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate. — Jane Porter Copy Share Image