Common Quote by E. J. Dionne

In some ways, 'decency' is a hazy concept; we know it when we see it.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.

— Giambattista Vico

“Decency" is a very old-fashioned word that conjures up a standard of behavior that has largely disappeared from the world.”

— Inc Amazon Digital Services

I have confidence in people's basic common sense.

— Dixie Lee Ray

“Common sense implies a cup of wisdom, a dash of discernment, and a dollop of intellectual acumen that's blended clean and translucent.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Common sense has become an uncommon virtue.

— Anonymous

To some folk, if not to most folk, decency means pretending that the nastier things in life do not really exist. Decent people hide…

— Amado Crowley

Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

— William Rounseville Alger

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.

— Tryon Edwards

Common sense, proportionality, and judgment are the skills we must seek in those we choose to regulate our lives.

— Mark Walport

“People think common sense is common - but it's not.”

— Don Cherry

Common sense is not a simple thing. Instead, it is an immense society of hard-earned practical ideas - of multitudes of life-learned rules and…

— Marvin Minsky