Sensible Quotes

546 quotes by 434 authors

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a… — Aristotle
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will… — Isaac Asimov
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being. — Jane Austen
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite. — Francis Bacon
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance.… — James A. Baldwin
I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am… — Harold Brodkey
I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself. — Emily Bronte
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before… — Samuel Butler
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. — Samuel Butler
I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part… — Jane Campion
The easiest diet is, you know, eat vegetables, eat fresh food. Just a really sensible healthy diet like you read about all the time. — Drew Carey
I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me. — Paul Cezanne
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our… — Grover Cleveland
Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters - where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives, as moral as they… — Erik Erikson
In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the danger of enteric… — Winston Churchill
Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such… — John Bunyan
Gotta have safety at our borders. We're a sovereign nation, gotta protect our borders. Make sure the workplace doesn't become a magnet for folks to… — Xavier Becerra
I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love. — Francoise Sagan
He who owns a wood of proper land in this country, and, in the face of all the personal riches of the day, only raises… — Andrew Jackson Downing

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