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The ghostly presence of virtual particles defies rational common sense and is nonintuitive for those unacquainted with physics. Religious belief in God, and Christian belief… — Antony Hewish
Fred Hoyle and I differ on lots of questions, but on this we agree: a common sense and satisfying interpretation of our world suggests the… — Owen Gingerich
One can defend common sense against the attacks of philosophers only by solving their puzzles, i.e., by curing them of the temptation to attack common… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we… — C. D. Broad
We do not live in several different, or even two different, worlds, a mental world and a physical world, a scientific world and a world… — John Searle
Common sense doesn't have the last word in ethics or anywhere else, but it has, as J. L. Austin said about ordinary language, the first… — Thomas Nagel
Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to. — George Seaton
All my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing, and if you play by the rules, and… — Barbara Jordan
If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common sense will suffice to do everything else. — Thomas Jefferson
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.... — Thomas A. Edison
My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common sense, is that… — Dalai Lama
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and… — Leo Tolstoy
Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It's only fashion when a woman puts it on. Being well dressed… — Oscar de la Renta
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation. — Margaret Deland
At the beginning of each lecture I say, 'Here's a set of events unexplainable by common sense, and I promise you'll be able to solve… — Robert Cialdini
The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind. — William Hazlitt
This is common sense. This is nature, and what we're trying to do is defy nature because a certain group of people want to be… — Rick Santorum
I am troubled by the lack of common sense regarding carbon dioxide emissions. Our greatest greenhouse gas is water. Atmospheric spectroscopy reveals why water has… — Michael Myers
Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense. — Ronald Reagan
Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
95 percent of economics is common sense made complicated, and even for the remaining 5 percent, the essential reasoning, if not all the technical details,… — Ha-Joon Chang
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can make sure that… — Barack Obama
Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place feel at least… — Barack Obama
I stand in support of this common sense legislation to license everyone who wishes to purchase a gun...I also believe that every new handgun sale… — Hillary Clinton

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