Common sense Quotes · Page 21

“Two cents in the pocket, is better than no sense in the head.”

— Anthony Liccione

Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.

— John Wooden

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

— Terence

“You don’t need fear to avoid unnecessary danger — just a minimum of intelligence and common sense.”

— Eckhart Tolle

“Ever has common decency paved the way to uncommon folly.”

— Jay Lake

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

— Thomas Huxley

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

— Thomas Jefferson

Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense.

— Alexander Pope

I see the great continuities in New Zealand history as being decency and common sense and up until now when we've confronted…

— Michael King

Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to…

— Thomas Paine

Sex had been amazing, but it wasn't a magical cure for everything. Damn. Somewhere along the way, I'd picked up common sense.

— Richelle Mead

“Do not be scared to do your good nonsense as it may seem to some people, out your good nonsense their is…

— Osunsakin Adewale

“Expanding gun rights must be balanced with measures that prioritize the safety of our children and communities. (Unloading the Gun Laws)”

— Carlos Wallace

“I didn't need his criticism. I carried enough guilt on my own. I had done everything wrong. I had the highest marks…

— Ruta Sepetys

“Hope gives us a reason to live and to make plans for our future. But common sense gives us knowledge that God…

— Ellen J. Barrier

I like to have something that I can challenge common-sense notions about, challenge the apparent truths, and really look past the many…

— Bennett Miller

He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of…

— Julian Barnes

My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common…

— Dalai Lama

Economy denotes the the proper management of materials and of site, as well as a thrifty balancing of cost and common sense…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in…

— George Orwell

Most people believe they know how they themselves think, how others think too, and even how institutions evolve. But they are wrong.…

— E. O. Wilson

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

— Donna Goddard

The claims [about my inappropriate conduct with women] are preposterous, ludicrous, and defy truth, common sense and logic. We already have substantial…

— Donald Trump

“And at thirty-eight a brilliant exponent of arms and a knight of the great fighting and religious Order of St John, the…

— Dorothy Dunnett

Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.

— Charles Caleb Colton

It's kind of ironic how common sense isn't common at all.

— Anonymous

“Cold, truthful common sense was harder to like than warm, hopeful generosity.”

— Trudi Canavan

Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.

— Anonymous

Putting in place the building blocks for the future of our economy is common sense.

— Chuka Umunna

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.

— Samuel Butler

Nonsense and common sense are the twins that nourish imagination and creativity.

— Tasneem Hameed

In a race between common sense, logic and education, my money would be on the good old country boys.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

— William Rounseville Alger

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense.

— Bill Jay

Common sense is not something you're born with, it's something you're taught.

— Stacee Plotner

“On Lincoln: "A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.”

— James Russell Lowell

Sometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior.

— Temple Grandin

Common sense is better than genius, and hence its bestowment is more universal.

— Horace Mann

“In the quest for higher education and learning, we must never leave behind... common sense.”

— José N. Harris