Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“Cold, truthful common sense was harder to like than warm, hopeful generosity.” — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“Common sense is the enemy of sticky messages, if I already "get" what you're trying to tell me, why should I be… — Chip Heath and Dan Heath Copy Share Image
Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
People are crying out for a Conservative Party that is decent, reasonable, common sense and in it for the long term of… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
If skills sold truth be told I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli Truthfully I want to rhyme like Common Sense (But I… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Common sense is not a simple thing. Instead, it is an immense society of hard-earned practical ideas - of multitudes of life-learned… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
“locked in his office, making decisions, using common sense, surrounding himself with good people, being demanding of all around him on a… — Guillem Balague Copy Share Image
I like Burton Malkiel's 'A Random Walk Down Wall Street.' He comes to the same conclusion that I do - that indexing… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at home, the decision to… — Randy Neugebauer Copy Share Image
For liberals, the observation that 'the peasants are revolting' is a pun. For conservatives, it is cause for uncharacteristic optimism. No matter… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Common sense is merely unaided intuition, and unaided intuition is reasoning performed in the absense of instruments and the tested knowledge of… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Habits are powerful, but delicate. They can emerge outside our consciousness, or can be deliberately designed. They often occur without our permission,… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between the role of an academic and the role of someone in government. That's a cliche, but in… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Science has been effective at furthering our understanding of nature because the scientific ethos is based on three key principles: (1) follow… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
...science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common-sense rounded out and minutely articulated. It is therefore as much an instinctive product,… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus; it enables us to appreciate with exactness that… — Pierre-Simon Laplace Copy Share Image
“You don’t need fear to avoid unnecessary danger — just a minimum of intelligence and common sense.” — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations. — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble. — Steve Chabot Copy Share Image
I know your feelings for me ain't the same, you ask, how do I know this ? common sense. — Sam Marcellin Copy Share Image
“Tis the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world. — Christiane Collage Copy Share Image
“The fifth sense is "common sense"- either you have it or you don't.” — Jennifer Shong Copy Share Image
