Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to a lot of first-time directors. One of the great common denominators in these small independent films is that there's… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
Your brain receives, stores, and processes information, dispenses results, and controls your biological equipment. When properly programmed, computers can do likewise, except… — John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth Copy Share Image
I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all of this I try to form an idea… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
It seems like I have more in common - or hit it off better - with rappers than fools that are in… — Travis Barker Copy Share Image
“Through their teachings they dignify even the most mundane professions. According to them any profession or work that adds to the common… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
But if one Subject giveth Counsell to another, to do anything contrary to the Lawes, whether that Counsell proceed from evil intention,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
Friendship is born from an identity of spiritual goals - from common navigation toward a star. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Leaders encourage others to continue the quest and inspire others through courage and hope. Leaders give heart by visibly recognizing others' contributions… — James M. Kouzes Copy Share Image
It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
What have we in common with the rosebud, which trembles because a drop of dew is lying upon it? — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The most common misperception about me is that I write fast. I just write often. Every hour that I can. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The wheel and the brake have different duties, but also one in common: to hurt one another. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The information that was contained in a cathedral was based upon a common culture - a common Christian culture - and the… — Eugene Green Copy Share Image
It is always singular, but encouraging, to meet with common sense in very old books, as the Heetopades of Veeshnoo Sarma; a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The Bible has always been regarded as part of the Common Law of England. — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The misuse of extrinsic rewards, so common in business, impedes creativity, stifles personal satisfaction and turns play into work. — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get. — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
If Unix could present the same face, the same capabilities, on machines of many different types, it could serve as a common… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Refinement is the lifting of one's self upwards from the merely sensual; the effort of the soul to etherealize the common wants… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundance, you will not be disturbed… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The party of God and the party of Literature have more in common than either will admit their texts may conflict, but… — Frederic Raphael Copy Share Image
Common people, whether lords or shop-keepers, are slow to understand that possession, whether in the shape of birth or lands or money… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
When Berkshire buys common stock, we approach the transaction as if we were buying into a private business. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There's a tendency for adults to label the math that they can do (such as identifying patterns, choosing between competing offers in… — Robert Eastaway Copy Share Image
Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no… — Henry Walter Bates Copy Share Image
One cannot really know an other without intimacy. Detached, objective observations alone leave a surface upon which it is too easy to… — Deena Metzger Copy Share Image
The common denominator is that we want to make the world a better place, for women and for everybody, and we do… — Lyn St. James Copy Share Image
I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan… — Nas Copy Share Image
Men and women ... do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I suppose the common idea of me is that I'm going to be someone who's hyper and cracking jokes all the time,… — Alexei Sayle Copy Share Image
We always think of borders as something that separates two peoples but of course they unite them. It's something you have in… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
