Sensible Quotes

546 quotes by 432 authors

There are three difficulties in authorship;-to write any thing worth the publishing-to find honest men to publish it -and to get sensible men to read… — Charles Caleb Colton
The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a… — Berenice Abbott
Habits of thought lead us to brush aside descriptions of cruelty to animals as emotional, for "animal-lovers only"; or if not that, then anyway the… — Peter Singer
In order to act, you must be somewhat insane .A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking. — Georges Clemenceau
Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen. Doing so can… — Dale Carnegie
It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at the same time… — Blaise Pascal
What we need to do is to have a sensible approach to immigration. It needs to be open. It needs to be non-dogmatic and non-bigoted.… — William J. Clinton
Ay, but to die and go we know not where; To lie in cold obstrution and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A… — William Shakespeare
Don't condemn the gangbangers, they've got guns that are trafficked, that are not enforced, that are straw purchased and they come into places even that… — Sheila Jackson Lee
In life courtesy and self-possession, and in the arts style, are the sensible impressions of the free mind, for both arise out of a deliberate… — William Butler Yeats
For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy. We must do… — Hillary Clinton
Do not conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, any more than fine feathers make fine Birds. A plain genteel dress is more admired and… — George Washington
One is hardly sensible of fatigue while he marches to music. — Thomas Carlyle
To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill… — Diogenes
It is sensible to have a safeguard against unemployment. — Glynis Johns
The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules! — Heath Ledger
The reason I don't drink is that the drinking lifestyle robs me of my musical intensity and sharpness. I live a super-healthy lifestyle not because… — Johnny Marr
We had individuality. We did as we pleased. We stayed up late. We dressed the way we wanted. I used to whiz down Sunset Boulevard… — Clara Bow
I'm a Pisces, and Pisces have this weird inability to be completely spontaneous. We're too conscious of our actions. I've always been way too sensible… — Billy Corgan
Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end… — Ron Paul

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