“Let us beware of common folk, common sense, sentiment, inspiration, and the obvious. ” — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“No matter how many orgasms you have, if you have any common sense to begin with, it always comes back.” — Linda Howard Copy Share Image
“In a world of diversity, and cultural differences... there's no such thing as 'common' sense.” — Carla VanKoughnett Copy Share Image
Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
The gun legislation was doomed the minute it became associated with the words common sense. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
“Fuckin' A... hope didn't so much spring eternal as it drowned out common sense and self-preservation.” — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition that which brings most agreeable and worthy results. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense. — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Aristotle's metaphysics, roughly speaking, may be described as Plato diluted by common sense. He is difficult because Plato and common sense do… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the… — Kim Stanley Copy Share Image
Truth is merely common sense, say the naive realist. Really? Then where, precisely, is the location of--a rainbow? In the air? In… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Part of [having uncommon sense] is being able to tune out folly, as opposed to recognizing wisdom. If you bat away many… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
To me, a public servant should have both the grounding and the compassion to carry the common sense and good will of… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
The charge is often made against the intelligentsia and other members of the anointed that their theories and the policies based on… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Within one's own family money is not the measure of things, unless the person is an absolute Scrooge. Only the most extreme… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it sounds awfully simplistic, but I have often thought how much better off our country would be if sometimes we left… — Mike Ramsdell Copy Share Image
For me, it's common sense to treat other people like you would like to be treated. Empathy is a broad concept, but… — Oscar Munoz Copy Share Image
The first and foremost duty of the high school in teaching mathematics is to emphasize methodical work in problem solving...The teacher who… — George Polya Copy Share Image
“Christ, back in Chicago, we don’t make bicycles any more. It’s all human relations now. The eggheads sit around trying to figure… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
If the question were, "What ought to be the next objective in science?" my answer would be the teaching of science to… — Elihu Thomson Copy Share Image
There are at the present time two great nations in the world--the Russians and the Americans. The American relies upon his personal… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image