I now require this of all pictures, that they domesticate me, not that they dazzle me. Pictures must not be too picturesque.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“History and common sense make clear that you cannot radically transform every part of an organization—and accelerate the underlying clock of that… — Salim Ismail Copy Share Image
Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you cant fake.… — Wale Copy Share Image
I believe what I call common sense gun reform. Plus, a revolution in mental health, making sure that if people are having… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The claims [about my inappropriate conduct with women] are preposterous, ludicrous, and defy truth, common sense and logic. We already have substantial… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Maxims of Ptahhotep spoke a lot of sense; 'Do not be arrogant because of your knowledge, but confer with the ignorant man… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
I was fighting for tennis, I was an evangelist for tennis, and it was literally just passion that kept pushing and pushing,… — Steve Bellamy Copy Share Image
In Raleigh, partisan battles, power struggles and lawsuits might grab the headlines, but we have to work together where we can. To… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
For decades, I thought that scientific truth, solid economic case studies, and common sense were enough to bring about change on the… — Annie Leonard Copy Share Image
Someday someone will write a pathology of experimental physics and bring to light all those swindles which subvert our reason, beguile our… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Presidents, leaders, to be effective have to represent the whole to the parts and to the world outside. They may live in… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
There is no nation on the continent of Europe that is less able to do harm to England, and there isno nation… — John Bright Copy Share Image
Stephen Miller did one thing: He simply recited common sense. This is a common sense immigration bill. If there was ever a… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
When we follow the reversal of normal experience, we find ourselves in an unusual, nearly mad experience. Being in an almost mad… — Leonard Lawlor Copy Share Image
I'm pretty laidback as a dad anyway. I just trust her so much. She has a great head on her shoulders and… — Billy Ray Cyrus Copy Share Image
“For every nonsense that is written, there is a sense behind the ‘non’. Not until we go behind the ‘non’, we shall… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Much as we do not permit convicted pedophiles to teach kindergarten or convicted hijackers to board airplanes, common sense dictates that individuals… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
Common sense would tell you that the idea that Saudi Arabia was paying for bin Laden's expenses while he was living in… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Its time we woke up,” pursued Gerald, still inwardly urged to unfamiliar speech. “Women are pretty much people, seems to me. I… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
I think politics is a higher build in life. You know? If you diffuse under normal, common sense of a story, you… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
It is common sense that in our immigration courts, where children fleeing devastating violence abroad often find themselves, kids need lawyers to… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
I don't really care if people think I'm stupid. If I was something else, i.e the opposite of stupid, then that would… — Isaiah Harden (Me Copy Share Image
Making improvements to our background check system and cracking down on illegal gun trafficking are common-sense ways to prevent violence without punishing… — Martin Heinrich Copy Share Image
It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Ultimately, all I wanted was for players to feel like they were in the real world. I wanted them to be able… — Warren Spector Copy Share Image
No chord in populism reverberates more strongly than the notion that the robust common sense of an unstained outsider is the best… — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
Sustainable farms are to today's headlong rush toward global destruction what the monasteries were to the Dark Ages: places to preserve human… — Gene Logsdon Copy Share Image
The greatness of common sense, and its title to reverence, appear in this, that it deals with vast complexity, that is, with… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
Improving our transportation infrastructure reduces car trips, helps us reach our carbon emission reduction goals, is healthier for our residents, and saves… — London Breed Copy Share Image
People get overwhelmed with folklore as fact. Take the Exodus. The Exodus did not occur. It could not have occurred. Wasn't necessary… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Cyrus Pembridge, the Never Land’s captain, was widely regarded as the most incompetent man to comman a ship since the formation of… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image