183 quotes found
“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste”
“Stay away from conflictive, negative people that pull you down, because they contaminate your energy and impede your progress. Search for people who look at the world with optimism, that inspire yo...”
“If everyone who had a gun just shot themselves, there wouldn't be a problem.”
“Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level.”
“One's own form of sensibility is not not necessarily another's. Common sense is not so common.”
“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.”
“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.”
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
“I didn't need his criticism. I carried enough guilt on my own. I had done everything wrong. I had the highest marks in school but couldn't master common sense.”
“Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain”
“Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.”
“Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.”
“Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.”
“Never put yourself in a position to be made an example of.”
“There had always been something rather brutal about (..._) common sense.”
“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
“Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.”
“Threatened men live long.”
“Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.”
“I would rather carry around a plastic bag with five thousand Euro inside, than carry around a Louis Vuitton/Gucci/Prada bag with only one hundred Euro inside!”
