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217 Good Sense quotes by 181 unique authors

But satire, ever moral, ever new, Delights the reader and instructs him, too. She, if good sense refine her sterling page, Oft shakes some rooted… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
He is a perpetual fountain of good sense. — John Dryden
One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon. — Henry David Thoreau
To believe straight away is foolishness, to believe after having seen clearly is good sense. That is the Buddhist policy in belief; not to believe… — Buddhadasa
My expectation would be that if we can begin discussions soon, shortly after the Iranian elections, we should have a fairly good sense by the… — Barack Obama
One tends to give one's fingers too little credit for their own good sense. — Elizabeth Zimmermann
He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to… — Fay Wray
Dali had a good sense of humor - obviously you could tell just looking at him; he was funny. — Joe Grant
Dancing allows me to go away and not have to think of what I’m doing next. That is the opportunity for me to really escape.… — Selena
Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that's the worst thing about the new car. It… — Daniel Gilbert
A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense. — E. W. Howe
I just like boys who are good-looking, really! I like people who are tall with a good sense of style. My faves are the indie… — Pixie Lott
All in all, I think that out of all musical genres, the world of metal is the most escapist one. Metal is also music for… — Tuomas Holopainen
It's unwise to presume on the future... It makes good sense to plan for tomorrow today, but there's a problem with thinking we can always… — Mark Beeson
I want a man who had the good sense to marry Michelle Obama — William J. Clinton
The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters. For… — Walter Lippmann
I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside… — Temple Grandin
Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh… — Lord Chesterfield
Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after. — Hesiod
Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had… — Charles Perrault
I went to the actual SVU precinct... and got a really good sense of what it was like. — Danny Pino
I worked in script development, many years ago, and read a lot of scripts. Between that and the scripts I've read as an actor, and… — William Mapother
I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my… — Marco Arment
I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be… — Jon Fishman
I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes. — Gordon Gee

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