Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Copy Share Image
I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his sons, from earliest childhood, doctrines of economy… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
The first-sale doctrine reflects basic common sense - and follows from the logic of treating copyrights and other 'intellectual property' with no… — Marvin Ammori Copy Share Image
“Common sense implies a cup of wisdom, a dash of discernment, and a dollop of intellectual acumen that's blended clean and translucent.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
Oh, I never meant, in my old age, to become subject to the thrall of a love like this; it is almost… — Celia Thaxter Copy Share Image
My life isn’t theories and formulae. It’s part instinct, part common sense. Logic is as good a word as any, and I’ve… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
“All Religions have this in common, that they are an outrage to common sense for they are pieced together out of a… — Pierre Charron Copy Share Image
Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last.… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Common sense! It's nothing more than common sense for the preservation of our culture, the preservation of our country, the preservation and… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Believing that war is contrary to the will of God and to common sense, and feeling that the way of peace is… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
“To choose not to be part of a team or religion does not make me non-religious; for my religion is Truth and… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Both in the lower and the middle classes the wiseacres urge young men 'to think it over' before taking the decisive step.… — Denis de Rougemont Copy Share Image
The black players at this club lend the side a lot of skill and flair, but you also need white players to… — Ron Noades Copy Share Image
The only hope lies in the fact that the American people - like people everywhere - are basically decent people with common… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
We need to inject some old-fashioned American values and common-sense, practical thinking into our energy policy. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything… — F. L. Lucas Copy Share Image
Earth is one big ball.If I can grow very tall just for a couple of seconds,I would put both hands on that… — Jennifer Vickers Copy Share Image
For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Almost everything that gets called "universal truth" or "common sense" is actually cultural. And too easily twisted into justifications for all kinds… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
“My common sense tells me all you can say, but there are times when common sense has no power over me. Common… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Common sense invents and constructs no less than its own field than science does in its domain. It is, however, in the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Certainly that sputterless little candleflame of the mediocre mind known as 'common sense' has never produced anything worth celebrating. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Here's a very simple, common sense idea - if you practice something more, you get better at it; if you can't complete… — Chris Gabrieli Copy Share Image
The only thing that makes me interesting as a writer is that I'm just talking common sense. The most ordinary, everyday sort… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
It could be that our faithlessness is a cowering cowardice born of our very smallness, a massive failure of imagination... If we… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Everybody said I was nuts for going out to California and trying to be an actor, but I think you can apply… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
“You can’t save anyone who wouldn’t save themselves without you. It’s the hardest lesson to learn in life, take it from me.… — Marc Jampole Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you feel so much that common sense goes out the window. The important thing moving forward is that you’re making the… — Heidi McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I am State Senator Russell Pearce, the author of SB1070, which was signed by Governor Jan Brewer. Fear mongering and misinformation is… — Russell Pearce Copy Share Image
“Science doesn't have all the answers, but it is good at spotting the important questions when they are camouflaged against a background… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Common sense and a sense of humour are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humour is just common… — Clive James Copy Share Image
Of course, health is the most important thing, but shutting down the entire economy for months is also not an option. Everyone… — Jos Verstappen Copy Share Image
“The danger we have is that we want to water down what Jesus said to make it mean something that aligns with… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
