Sensible Quotes

546 Sensible quotes by 424 unique authors

Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind the flattery. There… — Robert A. Heinlein
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. — Jane Austen
If man be sensible and one fine morning, while he is lying in bed, counts at the tips of his fingers how many things in… — Lin Yutang
One day,' Orest said, looking at him comically, 'you will say something that is less than practical and sensible, something that is driven by no… — Mercedes Lackey
But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge… — Anne Frank
Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how. — Jane Austen
Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise,… — Charles Dickens
She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last of the Apaches, and Ursala's… — Eva Ibbotson
It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be… — Anne Bronte
On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain,… — Jules Verne
Sensible people advise against drinking on an empty stomach, but to my mind it is the best sort of drinking. — Tom Hodgkinson
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation. — Jane Austen
He was a thorough good sort; a bit limited; a bit thick in the head; yes; but a thorough good sort. Whatever he took up… — Virginia Woolf
Well, let it pass, he thought; April is over, April is over. There are all kinds of love in the world, but never the same… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
She remembered, as every sensible person does, that you should never never shut yourself up in a wardrobe. — C.S. Lewis
I shall never have a bath again," I said. "Just dont have one too often," my grandmother said. "Once a month is quite enough for… — Roald Dahl
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's… — Barack Obama
As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only excuse that offers… — W. Somerset Maugham
If you tell me I'm sensible in addition to normal and wise, I'm going to punch you in the stomach. — Nora Roberts

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