Tom Paine was a great American visionary. His book, Common Sense, sold a couple of hundred thousand copies in a population of… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Embracing your new kind of normal is the most empowering choice you will ever make. It transcends common sense. It is resistant… — Carol Kent Copy Share Image
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I started to learn some common sense. Even just sort of day-to-day things. I started to cook a little bit more and… — Paolo Nutini Copy Share Image
If we want the freedom to take part in our bit of differentness, then we must allow others their rights to take… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
One can imagine a sane, healthy, cheerful human society based on no more than the principles of common sense, as validated each… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
You can only live on the past for so long, and we kind of stretched our luck on that. We think we're… — Richard Petty Copy Share Image
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As we have seen after every other [Donald] Trump controversy, this one only increased their enthusiasm for him. His supporters thought the… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
“They tended to wield the huge blunt ax of the law in circumstances that required the delicate scalpel of common sense. [...]… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If you could once make up your mind never to undertake more work ... than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without… — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share Image
If you examine the highest poetry in the light of common sense, you can only say that it is rubbish; and in… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Plain experience and common sense inform us that no abstract Person can have made us as we are without also wishing to… — Paul F. M. Zahl Copy Share Image
Logical investigations can obviously be a useful tool for philosophy. They must, however, be informed by a sensitivity to the philosophical significance… — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
Rather than fight the same tired battles that have dominated Washington for decades, it's time to try something new. Let's invest in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm sure it's very obvious . . . how upset I am with incompetence and the lack of common sense in life.… — Vincent Bugliosi Copy Share Image
I think that a lot of social movements, political movements, powerful ones - certainly they form, collectively, an idea of the truth… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
The thing I learnt the most from the Kovalev fight, in all my other fights, when I hurt my opponent I was… — Anthony Yarde Copy Share Image
...even on the low ground of common sense I seemed to be called to be a missionary. Is the kingdom a harvest… — William Carey Copy Share Image
The modern susceptibility to conformity and obedience to authority indicates that the truth endorsed by authority is likely to be accepted as… — David Edward Copy Share Image
“When interpreted as infallible, the truth claims of powerful institutions — whether religious or secular — tend to emphasise the fallibility of… — Daniel Waterman 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
“The very way that you think is a crucial component to your overall health and well being. Living towards the negative will… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
Any Hamas or Zionist type who tries to interfere with the labor unions and grab the money will be marched to the… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
I did publish a Bill once called "Common Sense" with a new constitution for Europe called the "Commonwealth of Europe," setting it… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
We must frankly confess, then, using our empirical common sense and ordinary practical prejudices, that in the world that actually is, the… — William James Copy Share Image
I would like to see ... an entirely different procedure which is that we vote on the budget and decide how much… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
“Intelligence involves a great deal more than the ability to follow rules ( which is what chess-playing program does). It is also… — Steve Grand Copy Share Image
“When we use these words and we talk about plants having a strategy to do this or wanting this or desiring this,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
There's plenty to read about keeping your sanity while raising children, but it's all common-sense stuff about task division and taking breaks… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Cooking creates a sense of well-being for yourself and the people you love and brings beauty and meaning to everyday life. And… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
“In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense,… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I am deeply saddened by the loss of my children's grandfather and my very dear friend. I loved big John with all… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Everybody says, 'I have problems overcooking steak on the grill,' but just take it off earlier! Grilling is really common sense. It's… — Bobby Flay Copy Share Image
“A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
If all our common-sense notions about the universe were correct, then science would have solved the secrets of the universe thousands of… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all… — Thomas Reid Copy Share Image
To some extent, mythology is only the most ancient history and biography. So far from being false or fabulous in the common… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“A person willing to fly in the face of reason, authority, and common sense must be a person of considerable self-assurance. Since… — Issac Asimov Copy Share Image
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