The ghostly presence of virtual particles defies rational common sense and is nonintuitive for those unacquainted with physics. Religious belief in God,… — Antony Hewish Copy Share Image
Dialectic, which is the parent of logic, came itself from rhetoric. Rhetoric is in turn the child of the myths and poetry… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
. . . Newton was an unquestioning believer in an all-wise creator of the universe, and in his own inability - like… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Who said that justice is what you imagine? Can you be sure that you know it when you see it, that you… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
It's the manager's job to always knock on the door, to always strive to improve, but there has to be a reasonable… — Steve Bruce Copy Share Image
Turning one's back on stardom might be the highest form of common sense. One that I would aspire to be more complete… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
He repeated until his dying day that there was no one with more common sense, no stone cutter more obstinate, no manager… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Just as you should never confuse the law with common justice, intelligence should not be confused with common sense. Some of the… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
If a spiritual teacher says something that doesn't make sense to you, you should always listen to yourself and not the teacher.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The left no longer stands for common sense, as it did in the days of Tom Paine. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
I think the idea that giant profitable corporations should pay their workers enough so that they don't need food stamps - since… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
Such as have reason, understanding, or common sense, will, and ought to make use of it in those things that concern themselves… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Erase the parts that make me unhappy. I guess that means emphasizing the parts that do.” — Cassie Mae Copy Share Image
A quick and sound judgment, good common sense, kind feeling, and an instinctive perception of character, in these are the elements of… — Charles Simmons Copy Share Image
Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Copy Share Image
Common sense is not something rigid and stationary, but is in continuous transformation, becoming enriched with scientific notions and philosophical opinions that… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
My Lords temporal, today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords spiritual and proclaim the values of enlightenment,… — Polly Toynbee Copy Share Image
Anybody can have common sense, provided that they have no imagination. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine:… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image