Sensible Quotes

546 quotes by 424 authors

Why did she give up wine for Lent? Polly was more sensible. She had given up strawberry jam. Cecilia had never seen Polly show more… — Liane Moriarty
Blue was a fanciful, but sensible thing. Like a platypus, or one of those sandwiches that had been cut into circles for a fancy tea… — Maggie Stiefvater
Unless a man is prepared to ask a woman to be his wife, what right has he to claim her exclusive attention? Unless she has… — Elisabeth Elliot
Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless. — Max Born
We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness. — Benjamin Franklin
What a world of trouble those who never marry escape! There are many happy matches, it is true, and sometimes "my dear," and "my love"… — Mark Twain
There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots.… — J. William Fulbright
We're never going to have respectful and reverential relationships with the planet- and sensible policies about what we put in the air, the soil, the… — Elise M. Boulding
The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge,… — Tony Blair
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking… — Isaac Asimov
In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection," he… — Benjamin Franklin
We have five senses in which we glory and which we recognize and celebrate, senses that constitute the sensible world for us. But there are… — Oliver Sacks
Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness? ... The simple answer runs: 'Because we… — Albert Einstein
My parents are wonderful, practical, sensible people, and the expectation was that I would study something academic. — Gemma Chan
Fame is a by-product which you have to deal with in a sensible way. To believe that it is anything more significant than that is… — Jodhi May
Traders can cause short-term volatility. In the long run, the market must revert to a sensible price/earnings multiple. — Ben Stein
Like most sensible people, you probably lost interest in modern art about the time that Julian Schnabel was painting broken pieces of the crockery that… — P.J. O'Rourke
Liberals want to live downtown. All over America - in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Georgetown - there are crowds of liberals living in the… — P.J. O'Rourke
See it all. See it fairly. Be truthful, be sensible and be careful with language. When nothing depends on man, everything depends on him. — Henry Grunwald

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