100 Quotes About Common-Sense

Perhaps it is because you have a great deal of common sense. Or maybe you’re just a practical sort who knows that what works in one arena will work in another. Whatever the case, you have a lot of common sense. Share this list of common-sense quotes with others and inspire them to do the same.

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Top 15 Things Money Can’t BuyTime. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity. Roy T. Bennett
The most confused you will ever get is when you...
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The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie. Shannon L. Alder
Learning to let go should be learned before learning to...
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Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it. Ray Bradbury
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps...
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Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. W.C. Fields
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The theistic philosopher has a tendency to devalue insufficient worldviews, ideologies, and quite often common sense for the greater good, and in such cases, one should not be discouraged when seen as a bad guy. If he stresses over man's perception of a righteous heart, then he has given his heart to man. Criss Jami
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UNDIVIDEDI am for One world undivided. One world without fear and corruption. One world ruled by Truth and Justice. I am for One peaceful world for all, Where hate has been overcome by love, And everyone is guided only By their conscience. Suzy Kassem
Never assume the obvious is true.
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Never assume the obvious is true. William Safire
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We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe. We think that the more people there are who believe as we do, the more certain it will be that what we believe is the truth. But it doesn't work that way at all. Paulo Coelho
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For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam’s front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with nothing but a bit of faded muslin and a limp cravat? What is Creation without common sense, but a scandalous thing without form or function, like a matron with half a dozen unattached daughters? And God looked upon the Creation in all its delightful multiplicity, and saw that, all in all, it was quite Amiable. Vera Nazarian
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Ethics are the things that say, 'Don’t stick your finger in the socket.' The world says, 'It’s okay because we’ve shut off the electricity.' And at the point that we’ve chosen to listen to the world and ignore our ethics, we say, 'I’m having a really hard time getting back up. Craig D. Lounsbrough
I don't fancy colors of the face, I'm always attracted...
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I don't fancy colors of the face, I'm always attracted to colors of the brain. Michael Bassey Johnson
Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead...
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Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions. M.M. Kaye
It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid...
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It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense. E.a. Bucchianeri
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Maxims of Ptahhotep spoke a lot of sense; 'Do not be arrogant because of your knowledge, but confer with the ignorant man as with the learned. Good speech is more hidden than malachite, yet it is found in the possession of women slaves at the millstones.' Now THAT I’ll give the green light to. The opinions, eloquence and articulacy of the man or woman on the street can often be as invaluable as precious stones. Karl Wiggins
Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth...
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Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind. Amit Kalantri
Prudence is precaution, prudence is protection.
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Prudence is precaution, prudence is protection. Amit Kalantri
What if our common sense has been negatively influenced by...
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What if our common sense has been negatively influenced by our addiction to comfort? Erin M. Straza
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Someone once said to me, 'There are so many religions in the world. They can't all be right.' And my reply was, 'Well, they can't all be wrong either.' All religions in the world today share more commonalities than differences, yet language blinds many from seeing these truths. Some people will tell me that what I write about is straight from their holy book, but the truth is that the main principles found in all holy books were already engraved in all our hearts. If you think common sense, the golden rule and knowing right from wrong are exclusive only to your faith, then you need to open yourself up to the rest of the world's religions. . Suzy Kassem
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Q. You do not consider your statement a disloyal one? A. No, sir. Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty. Q. Can you prove that this mathematics is valid? A. Only to another mathematician. Q. Your claim then is that your truth is of so esoteric a nature that it is beyond the understanding of a plain man. It seems to me that truth should be clearer than that, less mysterious, more open to the mind. A. It presents no difficulties to some minds. The physics of energy transfer, which we know as thermodynamics, has been clear and true through all the history of man since the mythical ages, yet there may be people present who would find it impossible to design a power engine. People of high intelligence, too. Isaac Asimov
Common sense is one of the most unused commodities available...
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Common sense is one of the most unused commodities available to man. Craig D. Lounsbrough
The common theme of common sense is that it’s commonly...
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The common theme of common sense is that it’s commonly rejected as uncommonly demanding. Craig D. Lounsbrough
Common sense comes not just from knowledge, but also from...
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Common sense comes not just from knowledge, but also from wisdom. Debasish Mridha
It doesn't really matter if you are left behind the...
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It doesn't really matter if you are left behind the back, but what matters is your capacity to pull and push everyone by your way to get to the front. Michael Bassey Johnson
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Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything. Unknown
Common sense best dictates when balancing our needless and negative...
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Common sense best dictates when balancing our needless and negative fear-driven worries with appropriate preparation and responsible readiness. Connie Kerbs
Stop looking at the walls, look out the window.
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Stop looking at the walls, look out the window. Karl Pilkington
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If we are not registering bad events in history to learn from them, then why are we even still registering them at all? Is it really an outlandish ideal to want a peaceful and prosperous nation, ruled only by compassion, truth and justice? As of now, there is no peace, no truth, no prosperity, no compassion - and NO COMMON SENSE. Since when did the words human and inhumane share the same meaning? Think, people. I am only asking you to THINK. Suzy Kassem
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What is ‘common sense’? (It is that which is) Everywhere applicable, theoretically as well as practically! Dada Bhagwan
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The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if you had a strong man willing to step up and get things done, and between Dad's gimp, Buster's elaborate excuses, and Apache's tendency to disappear, it was often up to me to keep the place from falling apart. But even when everyone was pitching in, we never got out from under all the work. I loved that ranch, though sometimes it did seem that instead of us owning the place, the place owned us. . Jeannette Walls
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Should I have taken him by the hand and led him over to the Zappa? No. I won't spoon-feed the customers. If you don't know your alphabet, you have no business leaving your house, let alone shopping for premium music. Yvonne Prinz
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To choose not to be part of a team or religion does not make me non-religious; for my religion is Truth and I am very much in love with God. I do not need to align myself with a specific messenger if I already understand God’s message. And the way I think is not considered ‘New Age’, since common sense is not new. So long as you act and speak with love and truth in you, and are good to your fellow man – in that you treat everybody as you would want yourself to be treated, your heart will stand by God regardless of the label you have assigned to your mind. . Suzy Kassem
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Lost: The common sense of an unconventional dreamer. If found, please return to Love The Stacks. Unknown
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If you want to be sure of unusual thing such as aliens or UFOs, then you have to think about it from an unusual way of thinking. Toba Beta
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The deepness of your mind produces the thickness of your thoughts. Michael Bassey Johnson
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Being genius does not necessarily mean knowing it all or having the highest academic qualification; but a persons ability to apply wisdom and common sense to common things in a distinctive manner and courageously, exhibiting the latent deft to the admiration of the masses Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Obedience, responsibility, rules and safety are loyal, inseparable playmates. But Love is their wise mother, who knows there are times to break them up, at least for a bit, lest they get into some kind of arrogant, bullish, mischief or completely shut out their other siblings - joy, common sense, and compassion. Connie Kerbs
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In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense. Amit Kalantri
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We are bound to make mistakes. We are bound to meet mistakes. We have regretted certain decisions we took yesterday today and we may regret some decisions of today tomorrow but not until we regret the regrets, we shall always have the regrets Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Common sense is embedded in common things Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Never stop acquiring the commonsense, it is as good as the knowledge. Amit Kalantri
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The target of the masses is that which stands out of the masses Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Sometimes an act of common sense is indistinguishable from an act of genius. Amit Kalantri
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People in blind love throw away common sense, conscience and comedy from the life. Amit Kalantri
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If Mom is convinced that ballet lessons are a must, she shouldtake them. Although it may look odd to see a thirty-year old woman hang- ing onto a bar and flinging a slightly plump leg in the air, the sight is not as pathetic as seeing her seven-year old daughter grimly going through such motions just to please her mother, when she would prefer to be at home designing new doll clothes. Although some parents are never quite ready to accept this fact, the child is not one of our possessions. We don’t own him; we never will. We gave birth to his body; he may share some of our physical characteristics; but he does not inherit our desires. He’s a different person, a separate entity, with his own likes and dislikes. It’s a grave mistake to try to override a child’s power of choice in what he wants to be and do. Some parents do this in an attempt to live their lives through the child. Ruth Minshull
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When we trust the makers of baby formula more than we do our own ability to nourish our babies, we lose a chance to claim an aspect of our power as women. Thinking that baby formula is as good as breast milk is believing that thirty years of technology is superior to three million years of nature's evolution. Countless women have regained trust in their bodies through nursing their children, even if they weren't sure at first that they could do it. It is an act of female power, and I think of it as feminism in its purest form. . Christine Northrup
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Each human being is unique, each with their own qualities, instincts, forms of pleasure, and desire for adventure. However, society always imposes on us a collective ways of behaving, and people never stop to wonder why they should behave like that. They just accept it, the way typists accepted the fact that the QWERTY keyboard was the best possible one. Have you ever met anyone is your entire life who asked why the hands of a clock should go in one particular direction and not the other?. Paulo Coelho
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Imagine you are in a classroom and they hand you a test with many interesting multiple choice questions, until you get to “Can you just explain what exactly you believe how the Universe started?” & here are the options. a) The Big Bang b) It’s always been therec) God! or Godsd) A bowl of cherries e) I don’t know…. If you choose (a) then what or who & why caused it? & the test continues…. If you choose (b) that would be my choice. If you choose (c) then who or what created God or Gods? And where do they come from? And if you think they have always been there, the same thing could be said about the universe. If you choose (d) It doesn’t make sense, it is odd, an anomaly, not supposed to be etc :) if you choose (e) then you are being honest. There’s nothing wrong with not knowing. You can make “assumptions” or “pretending” that you know or a book (bible) “knows” or “tells” you but I just don’t buy that. The beauty of it is that you are here today & you can be thankful & enjoy all the life that you have ahead of you. And the test (life) continues with more wonderful questions and experiences :). Pablo
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A person willing to fly in the face of reason, authority, and common sense must be a person of considerable self-assurance. Since he occurs only rarely, he must seem eccentric (in at least that respect) to the rest of us. A person eccentric in one respect is often eccentric in others. Issac Asimov
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... common sense is the one thing that will certainly be wrong. George Friedman
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Though you can live for as much as you like, but your longevity is stupidity if you were leading a worthless life. Michael Bassey Johnson
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By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none. Charlie Chaplin
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Wisdom is not counted in grammers, niether in fluency, but vividly shown in mannerism. Michael Bassey Johnson
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Retaining our capacity for reasonis common sense, but definite conclusions and beliefs keep us from seeing life as it really is at any given moment. H.E. Davey
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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Although the two are identical twins, man, as a rule, views the prenatal abyss with more calm than the one he is heading for. Vladimir Nabokov
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You don't feel thirty percent smarter when the stock goes up by thirty percent so when the stock goes down you shouldn't feel thirty percent dumber" Jeff Bezos Brad Stone
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Ladies and gentlemen, when you paint your lips, eyes, nails, hair, side-beards, or whatever, to look beautiful or handsome, don't forget your up stairs, if you don't go up there to put things in order, then, consider the former attributes null and void. Michael Bassey Johnson
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Despite 4, 000 years of proven usefulness, quarantines seem to be to modern international public health experts as garlic is to a vampire. T.K. Naliaka
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Christ, back in Chicago, we don’t make bicycles any more. It’s allhuman relations now. The eggheads sit around trying to figure out newways for everybody to be happy. Nobody can get fired, no matter what;and if somebody does accidentally make a bicycle, the union accusesus of cruel and inhuman practices and the government confiscates thebicycle for back taxes and gives it to a blind man in Afghanistan.”“And you think things will be better in San Lorenzo?”“I know damn well they will be. The people down there are poorenough and scared enough and ignorant enough to have somecommon sense! . Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Sharing your life with someone will have much more meaning coming from a place of independence rather than co-dependence. Unknown
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Self-Empowerment is free to anyone who chooses to use it. It comes from within and nowhere else. You cannot buy it, borrow it, steal it or sell it. It is always available to you and never wears out. The only choice you have to make is whether or not you will use it. Unknown
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All's well that ends well.'' Assuming there's an end somewhere, ' Aomame said. Tamaru formed some short creases near his mouth that were faintly reminiscent of a smile. 'There has to be an end somewhere. It's just that nothing's labeled "This is the end." Is the top rung of a ladder labeled "This is the last rung. Please don't step higher than this'?" Aomame shook her head.' It's the same thing, ' Tamaru said. Aomame said, 'If you use common sense and keep your eyes open, it becomes clear enough where the end is.' Tamaru nodded. 'And even if it doesn't' -- he made a falling gesture with his finger -- 'the end is right there. . Haruki Murakami
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Oliver has stated many times his dislike of hearing advice from his younger sister, so it is his own fault if he has not got sense enough to see which way the wind is blowing. Patricia C. Wrede
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Erase the parts that make me unhappy. I guess that means emphasizing the parts that do. Cassie Mae
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One of the bigger mistakes of our time, I suppose, was preaching the demonization of all judgment without teaching how to judge righteously. We now live in an age where, apart from the inability to bear even good judgment when it so passes by, still everyone, inevitably, has a viral opinion (judgment) about everything and everyone, but little skill in good judgment as its verification or harness. Criss Jami
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No special academic expertise is required for insight into the Orwellian use of language, only clear thinking and common sense. Peter Slezak
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Angry obsessive thoughts about another weaken your state of mind and well being. If you must have revenge, then take it by choosing to be happy and let them go forever. Unknown
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When greed transcends rationale, morality becomes irrelevant. Duop Chak Wuol
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I agree that sometimes it is difficult to choose between right and wrong, but not between right and stupid. Amit Kalantri
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Remember, crowd doesn't care about common sense. Amit Kalantri
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Using a combination of history, common sense, the Word of God and the Spirit of God, every leader can generally predict the way things will go. Dag HewardMills
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Just like in the eye of the storm there is always comfort within the chaos. Becoming aware of this however, is your responsibility. Unknown
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The very way that you think is a crucial component to your overall health and well being. Living towards the negative will only foster conflict and a sense of lack, while living towards the positive will create more opportunity for you to experience harmony and abundance. Unknown
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Alexia wondered what it said about her character that Ivy had genuinely believed she would intentionally go climbing about the side of a floating dirigible. Gail Carriger
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I may be Anti-Big Government, but only because I am Pro-Human. Unknown
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By the way, I never realized that to be nonbelieving, to be an atheist, was a thing to be proud of. It went without saying as it were. Unknown
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I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made. Emma Goldman
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There are two kinds of people in this world: those who follow the popular majority, and those who possess good sense. In other words, you can either let the crowd steer you right over a cliff, or you can stop to peer beyond the brink and see how a fall will likely end in tragedy. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Interestingly enough, every time I corner a fanatic with scientific facts which they cannot argue or disprove, they either dismiss me as 'anti-God' and a 'secular humanist' or they start spouting reams of misapplied and irrelevant 'scripture' at me, like good little sheeple and like that will in any way, shape or form prove anything.. Which just proves to me that common sense and actual reason doesn't come into it. Only hatred. Christina Engela
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Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First Amendment, we should recall, forbids Congress both from establishing laws designating a state religion and from abridging freedom of speech. There is no reason why we should shy away from speaking freely about religion, no reason why it should be thought impolite to debate it, especially when, as so often happens, religious folk bring it up on their own and try to impose it on others. Jeffrey Tayler
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All Religions have this in common, that they are an outrage to common sense for they are pieced together out of a variety of elements, some of which seem so unworthy, sordid and at odds with man’s reason, that any strong and vigorous intelligence laughs at them.. The human intellect is only capable of tackling mediocre subjects: it disdains petty subjects, and is startled by large ones. There is no reason to be surprised if it finds any religion hard to accept at first, for all are deficient in the mediocre and the commonplace, nor that it should require skill to induce belief. For the strong intellect laughs at religion, while the weak and superstitious mind marvels at it but is easily scandalized by it. . Pierre Charron
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In contrast to logic, there is common sense, or still better, the Spirit of Reasonableness. Lin Yutang
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For every nonsense that is written, there is a sense behind the ‘non’. Not until we go behind the ‘non’, we shall least see the sense. If we stand in front of the nonsense, the ‘non’ shall always face us. It may only take a step taking to go behind the 'non' to see the sense the ‘non’ is obstructing. There are so many people who quit so quickly just because they look at the non in front of the sense and they conclude that sense can never come after ‘non’. Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Why don't people get their children stuffed after they pass away. Why not, I mean you do love them right? James JPierre
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TO ALL MANKINDSpeak kind wordsto mankindand the unkindwill attack you. Speak common senseusing any of your senses, and you will be attacked bythe senseless. Speak truth, and you will be attacked bythe untruthful. Speak about absolutely nothing, and absolutely nothingwill speak back, but then nothing at allwill ever change. Suzy Kassem
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His soul swayed in a vertigo of moral indecision. He had only to snap the thread of a rash vow made to a villainous society, and all his life could be as open and sunny as the square beneath him. He had, on the other other hand, only to keep his antiquated honour, and be delivered inch by inch into the power of this great enemy of mankind, whose very intellect was a torture-chamber. Whenever he looked down into the square he saw the comfortable policeman, a pillar of common sense and common order. Whenever he looked back at the breakfast-table he saw the President still quietly studying him with big, unbearable eyes. G.k. Chesterton
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Think about it. When you die you'll be surrounded bu the people you killed. Who the hells goes around killing people they like? In the Afterdeath we'll be surrounded by our enemies. Michael R. Fletcher
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Because if I ever get nailed, I don’t want you running out to get the same medicine. Believe me, if it’s you lying out there, I’m gonna make sure you’re alive before I go. Henry V. ONeil
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She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing her to faint. Mom called it the vapors and said it was a sign of her high breeding and delicate nature. I thought it was a sign that the corset made it hard to breathe. Jeannette Walls
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Well, Jack, we have taken the Macedonian, and your share of the prize, if we get her in safely, may be two hundred dollars; what will you do with it?” Stephen Decatur, commanding the frigate United States, North Atlantic, near the Azores Islands, 1812.“One hundred will go to my mother, sir, and the other I shall spend on schooling.” Jack Creamer, aged ten. Irvin Anthony
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Let me tell you something you probably already know. It's that second cord that should remain in the neck of the bottle. You can liberate 1, but two bottles of wine for 2 people is 1 bottle too many. There was a reason the French bottled wine the way they did. 2 and a half glasses was plenty of wine for 2 people to consume with dinner. But that's not how it went with us. Dorothea Benton Frank
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Let me tell you something you probably already know. It's that second cork that should remain in the neck of the bottle. You can liberate 1, but two bottles of wine for 2 people is 1 bottle too many. There was a reason the French bottled wine the way they did. 2 and a half glasses was plenty of wine for 2 people to consume with dinner. But that's not how it went with us. Dorothea Benton Frank
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What is common becomes sense, but what is sensible doesn't always become common. CrimethInc.
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Continuous denial of rational arguments represents a contempt of common sense. Eraldo Banovac
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Luckily, common sense had never been a strong suit of mine and my feet moved faster than my brain. Katherine McIntyre
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No one is absolutely free from the woes of life. Not even the one who thinks he is free from the uncertainties of life. Difficulties, challenges, problems and the puzzles of life are a must meet for all and sundry, be it small or enormous, and they are what separate the rich from the poor, the masters from the servants, the wonder from the wander and the givers from the beggars. Our ability to be firm and overcome the storms of life shall enlighten our light to make us different. In life, you either solve that problem or you always have that problem. People are uncommon because they overcome the common problems with common sense and tenacity. If you live your life without providing a panacea to a problem each day, ponder!. Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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That human life is but a first installment of the serial soul and that one's individual secret is not lost in the process of earthly dissolution, becomes something more than an optimistic conjecture, and even more than a matter of religious faith, when we remember that only commonsense rules immortality out. Vladimir Nabokov
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I wonder why people work so hard to become politicians just in order to do something wrong. Masuji Ibuse
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Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven't learned enough to dismiss common sense. Sarah Palin