Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

When you have a cavity in your tooth and you let it get worse, eventually you have to get a root canal. If you…

— Olivia Newton-John

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen.

— Albert Einstein

A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which…

— Francois Arago

Common sense is the guy who tells you that you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front…

— Raymond Chandler

Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no…

— Kim Stanley

I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense…

— John Calvin

How is it that labels like 'centrist' and 'moderate,' which common sense tells us should reflect the views of a majority of Americans, have…

— Mehdi Hasan

“It was true that common sense wasn’t her forte. It wasn’t that she was silly or stupid, but she heard so many more voices…

— Donna Goddard

“The accident in your rearview mirror already happened. The one in front of you is still preventable. Pay attention.”

— Nakia R. Laushaul

In Raleigh, partisan battles, power struggles and lawsuits might grab the headlines, but we have to work together where we can. To look beyond…

— Roy Cooper

“Listen: Common sense doesn't mean what it used to mean." -Matthias Chalmers, STAIRWAY2 HEAVEN”

— Chaz Thompson

“when people’s brains are in defensive mode, it becomes harder to see common sense. Small disagreements can end up holding back progress beyond reason.”

— Caroline Webb

Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion…

— Voltaire

As we have seen after every other [Donald] Trump controversy, this one only increased their enthusiasm for him. His supporters thought the idea of…

— Steve Inskeep

Using, as an excuse, others' failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb