183 quotes found
“By the standards of magical society theyd fallen at the first hurdle: they hadnt had the basic good sense to keep their shit to themselves.”
“Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.”
“What it takes to do a job will not be learned from management courses. It is principally a matter of experience, the proper attitude, and common sense none of which can be taught in a classroom......”
“The history of science is the saga of nature defying common sense.”
“Do not imagine that mathematics is hard and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherealization of common sense.”
“In four months we could actually have an administration that believes in science.”
“Science is a tool of Common Sense. When we insist that all valid information come from science or doctors, Common Sense becomes uncommon or lost forever.”
“You must love and respect yourself enough to never be a victim under any circumstance.”
“Despite your best efforts, not everyone wants to be helped. Make a difference where you can and be at peace with the rest.”
“We have come to a point in time where using common sense, speaking factual truths and asking honest questions have been deemed radical behavior. While in turn, manipulation, thoughtlessness and dis...”
“The scientistic faith in a science that will one day not only fulfill, but eliminate, personal self-conception through objectifying self-description is not science, but bad philosophy.”
“Probability theory is nothing more than common sense reduced to calculation. -1819”
“Our primary health care should begin on the farm and in our hearts, and not in some laboratory of the biotech and pharmaceutical companies.”
“Never lose your sense of common sense.”
“Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.' 'In the way of what?' 'In the way of what's true.”
“Consider for a moment that when you see someone as being gifted, it is out of a belief that whatever it is that they do, would be impossible for you to do. You should also consider that maybe their...”
“Many people have said to me that Im a mystic. I find that a bit mysterious. I just use logic and common sense for my philosophies.”
“Men are sometimes driven by things that to a women make no sense, but she did know that Corelli had to be with his boys. Honour and common sense; in the light of the other, both of them are ridicul...”
“For we conceive it as the aim of a philosopher, as such, to do somewhat more than define and formulate the common normal opinions of mankind. His function is to tell men what they ought to think, r...”
“Rationality and common sense never goes out of fashion.”
