183 quotes found
“The common-sense notion that 'There is a time and place for everything' gets carried into a set of prescriptions which replicate the social order by assigning social meanings to spaces and times.”
“Common sense will tell us, thatthe power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, themost improper to defend us.”
“He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of logical thought. Whereas most of us, I suspect, do the opposite: we make an i...”
“Sometimes I think humans have a common sense that completely defies logic.”
“The past is behind us unless we fail to learn from it.”
“You could buy a suckling pig with it, if you want to. You could raise it, and it would raise a litter of pigs, worth four, five dollars apiece. Or you can trade that half-dollar for lemonade, and d...”
“Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.”
“Intelligence and common sense, what makes a person a real genius.”
“It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.”
“They were both sad that their love had died, but they agreed that there was nothing they could do about it. They would just have to part.”
“All of science is largely formalized common sense.”
“A lot of people think something is right, and so that thing becomes right.”
“Was it possible to do both, to contribute to the world while merely observing it? To be content in the moment, but plan for the future? Could you follow your heart without losing all common sense?”
“We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense.”
“You never see the entire script of political theater until long after the last scene has been acted out.”
“It will take just a simple realization to cause a big change!”
“Common sense got drunk and giddy when Olivia was on the premises. Maybe he should just raise a glass, too, and dub reason a lost cause.”
“Never look a gift horse in the mouth.”
“Take care of your common sense, and your dignity will take care of itsself”
“It takes centuries for sense to become common”
