Sensible People Quotes

32 quotes by 28 authors

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
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
All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people. — H. L. Mencken
I cannot understand how sensible people still defend Facebook, YouTube and Twitter — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently enjoyed triumphs. Nothing… — Warren Buffett
When intelligent and sensible people despise knowledge in their old age, it is only because they have asked too much of it and of themselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted. — Alan Watts
I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going… — Barry Hughart
Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at… — Stephen Leacock
How on earth can otherwise sensible people get so involved in a football game? You could measure the lasting impact on the lives of the… — Alan Page
Little minds try to defend everything at once, but sensible people look at the main point only; they parry the worst blows and stand a… — Frederick The Great
The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and… — William Hazlitt
It is all very well for so-called sensible people to recommend flat heels and short skirts, but most of us prefer not to be sensible. — Anna Held
Nobody can live in society without conventions. The reason why sensible people are as conventional as they can bear to be is that conventionality saves… — George Bernard Shaw
Most people tire of a lecture in ten minutes; clever people can do it in five. Sensible people never go to lectures at all. But… — Stephen Leacock
Most of the Michelle Bachmanns and Mitt Romneys who say such terrible things about us actually is a positive force, because it allows sensible people… — Larry Kramer
Sensible people find nothing useless. — Jean de La Fontaine
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. — Jane Austen
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

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