Common Sense Quotes
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To say that Roberts is hostile to these women because he opposed these radical initiatives simply defies common sense. (Quote by - Jennifer Braceras)
Although humankind inherently "desires to know", if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge. (Quote by - Bill Joy)
Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing,. (Quote by - Abraham Maslow)
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. (Quote by - C. E. Stowe)
If you can use your common sense and you can put the whole record together, I think it was a good presentation that didn't make the point that logic and common sense would allow to be made. (Quote by - Lindsey Graham)
When it comes to your health, I recommend frequent doses of that rare commodity among Americans - common sense. (Quote by - Vincent Askey)
FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)
The intent of the legislation was never to interfere with the ability of people to interact with their elected representatives. This was a common-sense way to allow people to continue coming to Tallahassee to interact with their hometown representatives. (Quote by - Towson Fraser)
I have had numerous interviews with reporters who called looking for quotes about tech bargains. I always explain that we believe the best values today are in growing companies outside of the technology sector..To these reporters, it defies common sense that stocks that have declined 80 percent or more are not yet 'values.' That is a testament to how powerful and unprecedented the technology mania was. Even after such large price declines, most of these stocks are still not cheap. (Quote by - Bill Nygren)
All ultimately intermarried to produce a race of many strains, which may account for the paradox that a people famed for stolid, patient, practical common-sense; a nation as Napoleon said, of "shopkeepers", has produced more adventurers, explorers and poets than probably any other in history. (Quote by - Arthur Bryant)
He's truly a renaissance individual for our times, .. I've likened him to a Will Rogers voice in Congress (with) humor (and) common sense. He brought real legislative achievements, working on environmental issues for Southern California .. working on issues for the voters of California by protecting their will against activist judges. He was a well-rounded and dedicated lawmaker. (Quote by - Frank Cullen)
Lawful residents of San Francisco are being stripped of their freedom because of an illegal measure that defies common sense. I believe that we will prevail. (Quote by - Wayne LaPierre)
This shows the broad support that Bill Nelson is receiving across the state of Florida. It's a sign that people like his centrist, common-sense leadership and want to retain him in office. (Quote by - Chad Clanton)
Philosophy is common sense with big words. (Quote by - James Madison)
When you have two highly placed cooperators, it eases the prosecution's burden substantially. At the same time, when you're faced with officers who are trying a hear-no-evil, see-no-evil defense, your corroborator is bolstered because the hear-no-evil see-no-evil defense just doesn't strike jurors as common sense. (Quote by - Kendall Coffey)
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. (Quote by - Josh Billings)
Common sense told us that when you put a big tax on something, the people will produce less of it. So we cut the people's tax rates, and the people produced more than ever before.". (Quote by - Ronald Reagan)
There are God's ideals, and then there is common sense. (Quote by - Andrew Irvine)
I'm not prepared to talk about the evidence yet .. but common sense tells you there is a clear indication these fires are going to be linked. (Quote by - Chip Burrus)
They can't score us highest, rank us best value for the federal government and then exclude me because I'm not from Mississippi. The moment anyone can show me how this makes any kind of financial or common sense, we will stand down. (Quote by - Randy Perkins)
Timothy Batten is an individual of high integrity and has given many years of service to Georgia and to the United States, .. His common sense dedication to the rule of law, intellect and experience make him a solid candidate for the federal bench in North Georgia. (Quote by - Saxby Chambliss)
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is. (Quote by - Sam Rayburn)
Anecdotal evidence and common sense suggests that core inflation has not been anywhere near this tame. (Quote by - Mark Vitner)
It's ridiculous. It's just people playing people. That's all. Basically it's just common sense things, but over the years I think we have a tendency to forget them. (Quote by - Pat Cole)
All my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing, and if you play by the rules, and if you've got good enough, solid judgment and common sense, that you're going to be able to do whatever you want to do with your life. (Quote by - Barbara Jordan)
You will be judges of the fact. You are the sole and exclusive judges of what the truth is. You will bring with you here your common sense. (Quote by - Russell R. Leggett)
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit. (Quote by - Euripides)
The people people have for friends You common sense appall But the people people marry Are the queerest folk of all. (Quote by - Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
Somewhere along the line common sense should prevail,. (Quote by - Ben Nelson)
It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn't even allowed to board an airplane in this country can purchase as many real guns he wants with no questions asked. (Quote by - Carolyn McCarthy)
Invention requires both disciplines, strict common sense and wild imagination. (Quote by - Vanna Bonta)
The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around.. Throughout history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing. (Quote by - Larry Dossey)
Do not imagine that mathematics is hard and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherialization of common sense. (Quote by - Lord Kelvin)
Have common sense and stick to the point. (Quote by - William Somerset Maugham)
They don't like competition. We've been known as the Times throughout all of our existence. We have many Times products. They're generally known as the Tribune. The Times, the Tribune, it's just common sense. (Quote by - Andrew Corty)
The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch. (Quote by - Lord Byron)
Common sense hides shame. (Quote by - Gaelic Proverb)
Common sense is not so common. (Quote by - Voltaire)
Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first. (Quote by - Esther Dyson)
Common sense will tell you that we're only going to get more of these as people get more desperate,. (Quote by - David Gee)
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. (Quote by - Buddha)
We can't guarantee that the mail is 100 percent safe. But you should be alert and use common sense like you do when you answer the front door. Don't let them in if you don't know them. (Quote by - Bob Anderson)
What I said I'd do is bring a common-sense approach to government, I'd have no hidden agendas and I'd use my business leadership skills. (Quote by - Jim Ronecker)
I very much hope that common sense and intelligence will prevail and an agreement will be reached in the coming days,. (Quote by - Javier Solana)
People are crying out for a Conservative Party that is decent, reasonable, common sense and in it for the long term of this country. (Quote by - David Cameron)
I am very pleased that common sense and the public interest have prevailed,. (Quote by - Yossi Sarid)
That's just common sense. That is definitely one of the working principals in guiding us. (Quote by - Greg Aiello)
I believe the votes are there and I believe it is up to the people of Georgia to let their legislators know that it's good common sense. (Quote by - Calvin Hill)
Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage. (Quote by - Frances Perkins)
Clearly we're disappointed. This violates common sense. What it really says is there are loopholes in the law. (Quote by - Gary Wright)
It was a big enough deal where I felt like I had to say something. The lowest guy in points in this series, if he doesn't like something, he should feel like he's responsible to go in there and tell them about it, too. Your feelings aren't ranked by points standings and your common sense shouldn't be dictated by that. (Quote by - Tony Stewart)
School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, with brutal violations of common sense and common decency. (Quote by - Henry Louis Mencken)
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
Chalk one up to common sense, to committed opposition by trade unions, and to virtually the whole industry uniting in rejection of the package. But even as we congratulate ourselves and thank our colleagues worldwide for their support, we must remain vigilant. You never know when the next attempt to turn the industry on its head may come. (Quote by - Frank Leys)
The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent. (Quote by - David Mamet)
If they are determined to live in those areas, we ask that they build in consideration of what the standards should be. Look at how many homes in wildfire-prone areas have wooden siding? Let's just use some common sense. (Quote by - Wendy Rose)
Citizens have the natural right and the common sense duty to protect themselves, their families, their communities, and their property..guns are the equalizing tools of self-protection, utopian lamentations notwithstanding. (Quote by - Edgar A. Suter)
Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as ''spectacles'' to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges. (Quote by - William Hazlitt)
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. (Quote by - Victor Hugo)
What we do is try to lay out for people that what we find to be fairly common sense in our personal lives -- saying thank you and appreciating people -- somehow gets lost in the course of normal business. (Quote by - Chester Elton)
Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation. (Quote by - Margaret Deland)
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense. (Quote by - Helen Gurley Brown)
Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult. (Quote by - William Somerset Maugham)
Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense. (Quote by - Thomas Henry Huxley)
Common sense is for our lack of it!. (Quote by - Monk Frost)
I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate. (Quote by - Vince McMahon)
While accessory items and embedded features help minimize driver distraction, nothing replaces simple common-sense when using a cell phone in the car. Pull over to the side of the road to dial manually, know the features and functions of your phone before you drive and allow voice mail to pick up your calls if you are driving - these are all simple and commonsensical steps we can all take to minimize distraction from in-car cell phone use. (Quote by - Gary Shapiro)
This is a slap in the face to anyone who holds Sept. 11 to be a sacred day. I'm not saying the families oppose culture, or that controversial art can't be displayed. But why do it on that day? Where's the common sense?. (Quote by - Edie Lutnick)
Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it. (Quote by - Anon.)
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense. (Quote by - Josh Billings)
Common sense is for the lack of wisdom. (Quote by - Monk Frost)
They're common-sense things that people utilize in their own homes. The policy was to make official what the unofficial policies were. (Quote by - Alan Wagner)
We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us. (Quote by - Kin Hubbard)
Everything is God's will. But there's a certain amount of common sense that God gives to individuals to prepare for certain things. (Quote by - Charles Steele Jr)
I'm good at my job for a midwestern American. Maybe it's because people in fashion often mistake common sense for genius. I mean, some model walks down the runway in an impossible outfit, and I state the obvious – no one is going to wear that – and people are like, you're brilliant!. (Quote by - David Wolfe)
People around the state seem very satisfied with his centrist, common-sense leadership. (Quote by - Chad Clanton)
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Common sense says there's going to be a little bit of a letup (with a 28-3 lead). You try not to let it happen . . . you stop the momentum by getting third downs on offense, and we didn't do it. (Quote by - Mike Shanahan)
The common people of America display a quality of good common sense which is heartening to anyone who believes in the democratic process. (Quote by - George H. Gallup)
To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams. (Quote by - Giorgio de Chirico)
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense. (Quote by - Edward Abbey)
Across the board, conservatives believe that if we're going to fund the entire recovery of New Orleans, this is an opportunity to do urban renewal in a common-sense way,. (Quote by - Tom Feeney)
Just because it's common sense, doesn't mean it's common practice. (Quote by - Will Rogers)
Consumers are realizing the benefits of in-car entertainment and navigation systems. When used properly, these products are great tools that help drivers focus on the road. Consumers need to remember to follow state laws, watch the road and use common sense when putting these and other products to work. (Quote by - Gary Shapiro)
It's not an issue we've had in any shape or form here. I don't want to speculate per se of this becoming a bigger phenomenon, but it would be fair to say that if there were more and more of these coins or pins put in the ice, then it would be something we'd need to make sure there's common sense and it doesn't get out of hand, really in line with all our clean-venue policies. (Quote by - Giselle Davies)
Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. (Quote by - Gertrude Stein)
The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgment the great postulate of our democracy. (Quote by - William Orville Douglas)
Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense of men asleep, which they express by snoring. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)
Sylvia Cochran has been providing thousands of Families Online Magazine readers each month with insightful advice about Christian Parenting. We are pleased to launch her new column Common Sense Parenting. (Quote by - Geraldine Jensen)
Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
Common sense is the measure of the possible. (Quote by - Henri Frederic Amiel)
We haven't been terribly specific, except to say that the application of common sense is desirable. In the end, the House seems likely to adopt new rules, and then we'll all abide by them. In the meantime, it would be good to be wise. (Quote by - Larry Neal)
Some districts have been doing a good job of communication, sharing their results with other districts. Others haven't been doing that so well. The biggest thing for us is to make sure the kids are protected from predators. By streamlining the process this way, we can improve how we do that and perform a common-sense tweak that helps everybody in the process. (Quote by - Towson Fraser)
Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. (Quote by - Henry Louis Mencken)
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79. (Quote by - Douglas Adams)
All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified. (Quote by - Thomas Henry Huxley)
Looking at these numbers, what do they tell anyone who's got any common sense? Everything you're seeing is just too little, too late. (Quote by - Richard Harris)
There is a need for a common-sense voice in Lincoln. I want to provide that voice for Lincoln County. (Quote by - Tom Hanson)
It is common sense for someone who has lived here for so long to be able to exert their talents to their fullest. (Quote by - Daniel Rodriguez)
Use common sense. It's better to take it easy and reduce physical exertion outdoors especially if you have a heart condition or lung disease such as asthma. (Quote by - Sam Atwood)
If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst. (Quote by - Joan Crawford)
Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom. (Quote by - Bob Beauprez)
On the one hand, it's common sense it's hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too. (Quote by - Dr. Nicholas Christakis)
It would be a nice problem to have. It would mean we had reached the final. I'd like to think common sense would prevail and we'd have the use of both of them. (Quote by - John Hughes)
Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense. (Quote by - David Deutsch)
He was amazing in his ability to get to the core of the issue and bring some common sense to bear. (Quote by - David Beck)
This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant. (Quote by - George F. Will)
It's not good. From a common sense point of view, of course it's going to be a problem. It's going to be a mess. (Quote by - Genie White)
The actions of the police division today will be to assist the church for the funeral. We anticipate that a fairly large crowd will be outside the church and the general area, .. We're trying to approach everything with common sense. (Quote by - Thomas Streicher)
That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense!. (Quote by - George Meredith)
Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense -- adapting one-self to circumstances -- and a sense of humor. (Quote by - Beatrice Lillie)
They want you to throw your common sense out the window. (Quote by - Christopher Darden)
Everybody should use their common sense and if it seems suspicious, it probably is. It's buyer beware. (Quote by - Karen Carlson)
Common sense, to most people, is nothing more than their own opinions. (Quote by - William Hazlitt)
Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius. (Quote by - An Wang)
If you leave weights lying around, it's not just inconvenient. It's a safety issue. It should be a common-sense thing. (Quote by - Tony Hopkins)
Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants. (Quote by - William Osler)
Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
Sincere thought, real free thought, ready, in the name of superhuman authority or of humble common sense, to question the basis of what is officially taught and generally accepted, is less and less likely to thrive. It is, we repeat, by far easier to enslave a literate people than an illiterate one, strange as this may seem at first sight. And the enslavement is more likely to be lasting. (Quote by - Savitri Devi)
The eureka moment is two reasons why the output-based standard should be adopted: common sense and accountability. Input-based standards don't encourage energy diversity; they don't create any incentives; they don't produce solar, hydro, nuclear. (Quote by - Frank Luntz)
Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense. (Quote by - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance. (Quote by - Contributed by: Dave Cohen)
Without common sense, your life will be a circle of nonsense. (Quote by - John Di Lemme)
A loss definitely kind of puts us out. Not mathematically, but common sense tells us we're out. (Quote by - John Ellinger)
We are pleased that justice and common sense have prevailed. (Quote by - Gail Rebuck)
The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity for facts, who makes up his decision on what he has seen. He is thoroughly persuaded of the truths of arithmetic. There is always a reason, in the man, for his good or bad fortune in making money. Men talk as if there were some magic about this. He knows that all goes on the old road, pound for pound, cent for cent / for every effect a perfect cause / and that good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
People like the job Bill Nelson is doing in Washington. He has a 30-year record of common-sense, centrist leadership and Katherine Harris knows that. (Quote by - Chad Clanton)
Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Each situation can be different, depending on where you are. Objective rules are less important than good judgment and common sense. (Quote by - David Bates)
When in any new culture, it's common sense to demonstrate basic restraint, tolerance and to show a desire to learn. To me, that is more about engendering good relations than going in holding a business card and saying if I do this at least they will think I have tried. (Quote by - Darin Brumby)
It defies common sense and lots of careful research to think that the highest-rated credit on the planet can borrow half a trillion dollars a year without pushing aside some private investment and ultimately hurting productivity growth. (Quote by - Ed McKelvey)
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. (Quote by - William James)
I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and the remaining ten percent just a fancy lingo for the common sense we have had for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, if we ever had the guts to read i. (Quote by - Raymond Chandler)
If there was one abortion bill we thought the governor was going to sign, it was this. The parental-consent laws are already on the books. We were just trying to make them more meaningful. This is a pretty common sense, pretty moderate, common-ground type of bill we thought we could get into law. (Quote by - Ron Johnson)
The idea they have any advantage defies common sense. (Quote by - Abby Ottenhoff)
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. (Quote by - Robert Green Ingersoll)
A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or moral courage. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense. (Quote by - Helen Rowland)
Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
If we see numbers go down, it's still not enough. It would be nice to be able to eliminate all crashes. It would be nice to have people slow down, and use seat belts, and make common-sense decisions when they're on the road, and Florida's roads will be safer, even with all the people that are driving. (Quote by - Frank Penela)
We need common-sense solutions to this problem that won't destroy our economy. Any measures that fail to address long-term economic impact and the emergence of technological innovation will miss the mark and ultimately cause more harm than good. (Quote by - William Kovacs)
The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is. (Quote by - Samuel Butler)
These are common-sense revisions that eliminate serious obstacles to patients getting needed care and services quickly while continuing to protect patients' privacy. For example, sick patients will not be forced to visit the pharmacy themselves to pick up prescriptions -- and could send a family member or friend instead. Doctors will be able to consult with nurses and others involved in a patient's care to ensure that they get the best care,. (Quote by - Tommy Thompson)
Because desperation breeds gullibility. People want to lose weight so much that their common sense shuts off. (Quote by - David L. Katz)
He's a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
It could be that our faithlessness is a cowering cowardice born of our very smallness, a massive failure of imagination.. If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed. (Quote by - Annie Dillard)
The governor thinks our children should be given some common-sense tools to protect themselves on the Internet. (Quote by - Kevin Hall)
For a smooth transition to the more protective ozone standards, it is essential that state and local governments work to meet one standard without losing progress. Asking states to meet two standards at once defies common sense and risks confusion and backsliding. (Quote by - Eryn Witcher)
The commission's decision is thoroughly disappointing and defies all common sense,. (Quote by - Richard Page)
I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense, and mental hygiene. (Quote by - Myrna Loy)
This is a common sense case. This is a study of human behavior. This is a case that involves nothing more than reacting, putting your foot on the brake of a car. (Quote by - Roger Simpson)
If you can use basic common sense, you're OK. But when you're a college kid, dying to play in the NFL, and now you have scouts from the Giants, the Seahawks, the Cowboys all waiting on you, and you're trying to figure out how many 25-cent eggs Sally needs to sell to make $15, you're afraid you're going to look stupid. (Quote by - Hans Olsen)
But I am not discouraged. I do not despair for our country. I believe tonight, as I always have, that the essential decency, compassion and common sense of the American people will prevail. (Quote by - Jimmy Carter)
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated. (Quote by - George Santayana)
Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good. (Quote by - Gifford Pinchot)
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully. (Quote by - Walter Lippmann)
We think it makes constitutional sense and common sense to protect our children from exposure to senseless, graphic violence that has no purpose other than to appeal to baser instincts. (Quote by - Tom Dresslar)
It's common sense and I think maybe it's time. (Quote by - Irv Slosberg)
These are common-sense initiatives that will make Illinois a healthier place to live, and will save consumers money at the gas pump. (Quote by - Rebecca Stanfield)
Common sense tells you that with inexperienced drivers on the road, anything we can do to keep their attention on the roadway is beneficial for all of us,. (Quote by - David Law)
They could bypass all the federal stuff and get in touch with a city and say, 'What can we help you with?' .. It's just a common sense approach. The simpler it is, the more effective it is. (Quote by - George Lewis)
We have a problem in our society when we've got this number of individuals that continue to consume large amounts of alcohol and then lose control of their common senses and good judgment and act out in these ways,. (Quote by - Bill Hall)
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. (Quote by - Anthony Burgess)
Common sense says if you want to help the developing world, you do not discourage people from traveling there. (Quote by - Anthony Concil)
It's common sense: If (Burstein) downloaded the files at your request, do you fire him? Isn't he going to tell the authorities? Nobody believes that. Disappointingly, the United States bought it hook, line and sinker. (Quote by - David Garvin)
We owe it to our own citizens to ensure that we have contingency plans, should such a reduction or interruption come to pass, .. But let me say that this would be an illogical act on the part of the government of Venezuela. Venezuela and the U.S. are natural partners in oil, for simple, common sense geographic reasons. (Quote by - William Brownfield)
Everything is God's will, .. But there's a certain amount of common sense that God gives to individuals to prepare for certain things. (Quote by - Charles Steele)
From a common-sense standpoint, you're probably on the right road. The problem is, you're opening a can of worms you might not be able to shut. That might cause more problems than it solves. (Quote by - Kelvin Sampson)
Realize what causes hearing loss and use common sense. If you're exposed to loud sounds, use ear protection. (Quote by - Christine Albertus)
Common sense tells us it's been set for Mr. Ichiro Ozawa to stay on. (Quote by - Yukio Hatoyama)
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
We are concerned if one life is lost. If people would just use their common sense, we will save lives every day. (Quote by - Frank Penela)
I always think it's ultimately my responsibility. I always start with myself. I haven't done a good job if we play a game like that. . . . You tell them, 'Here's the good, here's the bad.' It's a common-sense thing. This was disappointing for all of us. (Quote by - Joe Gibbs)
It is a tragic case of overloading the back porches, .. use common sense. (Quote by - James Joyce (Chicago Fire Commissioner)
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At least Nebraska is doing that. Nebraska does show some common sense. (Quote by - John Pinkerton)
Common sense is just as good a critic of the lottery as any statistical breakdown. (Quote by - Hunter Baker)
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. It's not viewed as a serious continent. It's a place of strange, bizarre and illogical things, where people don't do what common sense demands. (Quote by - Chinua Achebe)
Protecting our children must be everyone's top priority, .. This is a common-sense law that provides parents with the tools they need to protect their children from the effects of violence and graphic adult content. (Quote by - Jennifer M. Granholm)
Only cricket can make a moment like this so confusing and messed up. COMMON SENSE please. (Quote by - Dave Forrest)
I will not say who won or who lost. The people of Ukraine and Russia won. Europe won because it will calmly receive gas. Common sense won. (Quote by - Yuriy Yekhanurov)
No industry should be threatened by 'junk' lawsuits based not on established legal principles but driven by extreme political agendas. This legislation restores and reaffirms the common-sense notion that no manufacturer should be held liable for the criminal misuse of its products. We are pleased that the House of Representatives has passed this important reform measure. (Quote by - Doug Painter)
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. (Quote by - Gertrude Stein)
The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
Don't forget to revisit your new financial plan several times throughout the year to make sure you are on track. Commitment, common sense and flexibility are important keys to financial success. (Quote by - Cate Williams)
I didn't see the replay, but common sense will tell you that if the glove and the arm are behind the goal line, there's a pretty good chance the puck is underneath it. I guess common sense doesn't mean anything there. (Quote by - Brian Rolston)
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manne. (Quote by - Thomas Henry Huxley)
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. (Quote by - Descartes)
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. (Quote by - Voltaire)
Common sense should apply even if it's in short supply at City Hall. (Quote by - Innes Coun)
Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. (Quote by - Chapman Cohen)
If my guys who work for me want to get a sandwich and sit at their desk during their lunch break and watch a game, fine. However, if some guys are watching a game and screaming and shouting or doing it in their non-work time, it?s up to the manager to take appropriate action. Our policy with respect to this type of thing is common sense. (Quote by - Tom Jurkowsky)
If we do the kind of common-sense public health measures we know work, we ought to be able to stop it from being a global pandemic,. (Quote by - Julie Gerberding)
Common sense is the genius of humanity. (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Low-wage workers are also consumers. It's just common sense: when these workers have more take-home pay it leads to spending that trickles up to benefit many small, locally owned businesses. (Quote by - Mark Price)
If I could leave this body with one wish, it would be that we never give up that search for common ground, .. The politics of common ground will not be found on the far right, or on the far left. That is not where most Americans live. We will only find it on the firm middle ground, based on common sense and shared values. (Quote by - Tom Daschle)
Kinky doesn't have a platform, he has common sense. (Quote by - Jamie Sharp)
There is a chalk outline being drawn around common sense, and most people cannot even identify the victim. (Quote by - Dennis Miller)
I am especially excited about giving computers common sense. Computers should be able to understand the emotions of humans. As computers begin to understand the human world, they can help us far more efficiently. (Quote by - Frank Moss)
It's just common sense. Security has always been about having a flexible and dynamic policy in place, and NAC speaks to that. (Quote by - Tom Duffy)
I want to put a little common sense back in Lincoln. (Quote by - Bill Weaver)
Common sense is for people who lack imagination. (Quote by - Prabhudoss Samuel)
Other states across the nation have moved forward to protect their citizens. I think this is a common-sense, slow-motion step, allowing localities to take their own way. (Quote by - Sen. Brandon Bell)
The same percentage also report they do not want government to step in and fix this problem. From these facts about the public's revealed opinion, we present a common sense plan that will convey to American parents that they have, right now, all the weaponry they need to control all the TV programming that enters their home. (Quote by - Jack Valenti)
If some common sense comes out of the next collective bargaining agreement I don't see why Winnipeg shouldn't have a team. Hockey is the only game in town during the winter there -- you don't watch NASCAR and you're not that interested in basketball. (Quote by - John Ferguson)
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. (Quote by - Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Common sense should tell us that positively reinforcing sadistic behavior, as these games do, cannot be good for our children,. (Quote by - Sam Brownback)
He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. (Quote by - Charles Kingsley)
Those that believe and choose to wear the jilbab and consider it to be part of their faith's requirement for modest attire should be respected. Today's judgment is a clear reflection of that common-sense view. (Quote by - Iqbal Sacranie)
If you voluntarily label a product as being unsuitable for kids and then turn around and market it directly to kids in contradiction of your ratings system, then you should be held accountable just like any other company in America that misleads consumers, .. That's not censorship. That's common sense. (Quote by - Joseph Lieberman)
Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult. (Quote by - W. Somerset Maugham)
It's common sense. This is a city people love to visit, and this is one of the events that makes New Orleans what it is. (Quote by - Ed Muniz)
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Americans have a right to know what's in their food, and posting warning signs in grocery stores where these fish are sold is a simple, common-sense solution that fulfills that right. (Quote by - Jackie Savitz)
Have you ever heard of first-degree murder without a motive. Use your common sense. He did not even know Ronnie Green. (Quote by - Geoffrey Fieger)
It's practical common-sense stuff that's making us successful. Our teachers don't have to spend half of the period dealing with discipline issues. It's not that our teachers are smarter, they just have more time to teach. (Quote by - Dr. Huey Mills)
There has to be a certain amount of common sense. As we know, common sense isn't that common. (Quote by - Kristin Accipiter)
If common sense has not the brilliancy of the sun, it has the fixity of the stars. (Quote by - Francisco Largo Caballero)
There are certain things that words on paper can never make a crime, .. There are certain acts that by sheer common sense are not crimes. (Quote by - Jack Kevorkian)
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. (Quote by - Henry Louis Mencken)
There is no such thing as common sense. It's not common because everyone is different, and everyone has different life experiences. .. Many people just don't have any frame of reference or experience when it comes to understanding the Islands and our environment. (Quote by - Jim Howe)
Just spray and just do the common sense things you'd do at this time of the year. (Quote by - Frank Penela)
As soon as you start winning 10-0, 12-0 you're going to get a bad name. It just put this black eye on the team. If you look at the numbers, it was just common sense to put us back where we were. It's something that shouldn't have happened in the first place, but we're all thankful that the athletic directors voted us back into Class A. (Quote by - Chris Schultz)
A lot of the management of distribution is common sense. The problem is getting everyone's interests reasonably well aligned, getting people to play nicely together even though their interests are often not strictly aligned, and getting people to not act as though everything is a pure zero-sum game. (Quote by - Jonathan Eunice)
Anybody with an ounce of common sense, who really thinks it through, would wonder why anyone legitimate would lend them money sight unseen. (Quote by - David Weiss)
I think it's just common sense, .. These are people with a propensity for service who previously served honorably and who are trained. If they want to serve, why shouldn't we offer them that opportunity? And why should we put up barriers?. (Quote by - Bryan Hilferty)
Kara's like another coach on the floor. She's very, very intelligent. She understands strategy. Her memory is unreal. She knows plays as well as I know them. And she's very vocal. If somebody's not in the right spot, she'll tell them immediately. She's a voice of reason. She points out common sense things that people don't get at times. (Quote by - Candy Wilson)
Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race. (Quote by - Giambattista Vico)
We [the UK] need to have the humility and common sense to learn from the success of others,. (Quote by - John Sunderland)
Forget about their athletic ability, these guys are very smart and have a good common sense way about them when they do business. (Quote by - Jim Jennings)
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited. (Quote by - George Santayana)
I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after. (Quote by - Yusuf Islam)
It defies common sense that no one knows what happened in this instance, and it is way past time for that person or people to come forward and talk to investigators. (Quote by - Dan Ferrelli)
Once again, environmentalist scare-mongering seeks to undermine common-sense reforms that shore up our energy infrastructure. (Quote by - Scott Segal)
Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people. (Quote by - George Jean Nathan)
Common sense has prevailed in our state. (Quote by - Gennady Zyuganov)
We are pleased that justice -- and common sense -- have prevailed. This case has been extremely distressing for all concerned. We never believed it should have come to court. (Quote by - Gail Rebuck)
Koch told CNN in a phone interview he has a great deal of affection and respect .. great common sense. (Quote by - Benjamin Ward)
Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to. (Quote by - George Seaton)
This case is about credibility, common sense and credibility. (Quote by - George Dunlap)
One of the most important virtues of the American character is our ability to approach the complexities that life presents us with common sense and decency, .. The considered judgment of the American people is not going to rise or fall on the fine distinctions of a legal argument but on straight talk and the truth. It is time for the president and the Congress to follow that common sense for the good of the country. (Quote by - Richard Gephardt)
Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses. (Quote by - Leonardo da Vinci)
Common sense often makes good law. (Quote by - William Orville Douglas)
The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn, ... tired of common sense and civilization. (Quote by - F. L. Lucas)
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. (Quote by - Franklin D. Roosevelt)
The current anti-doping rules lack any notion of common sense. .. He had a well-documented reason for the positive test. (Quote by - Zach Lund)
Even though it appears as if Mt. Lebanon acted within the letter of the law common sense did not prevail in how the contract was structured,. (Quote by - Jack Wagner)
Our governor and General Assembly act the way they do because the Supreme Court said it's OK. It's time to appeal to the court of common sense. (Quote by - Tim Potts)
Everybody you talked to about our team would tell you we had no presence whatsoever inside. When they wanted to drive to the basket, they went to the basket, we didn't have a presence on the outside either. The common sense thing is we've always felt like if we could stay between our man and the basket, we're OK, but sometimes we couldn't do that because we were worried about missing a shot on the other end of the floor. There has to be a commitment to do that. (Quote by - Jerry Sloan)
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. (Quote by - Thomas Alva Edison)
Just because I have a flair about the way I get things done doesn't mean I don't care about my community. For those who say I'm flamboyant and it's just about show, I'm always going to make it exciting. I guarantee that. But I have common sense, book sense and street sense. (Quote by - Borris Miles)
Common sense is very uncommon. (Quote by - Horace Greeley)
When voters go into the voting booth and they read what's being proposed, it's going to be like common sense to them. It's a basic conflict of interest for legislators to draw their own districts. (Quote by - Ben Wilcox)
I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
We passed the most important phase on the way to reaching our 40-year goal and the founding principles of our republic, .. The document is satisfactory. I am happy to say that common sense prevailed. (Quote by - Recep Tayyip Erdogan)
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully. (Quote by - Walter Lippmann)
Use your common sense. I still see people putting their social security numbers on their driver's license. (Quote by - Tom Pappas)
High politic is only common sense applied to great things. (Quote by - Napoleon Bonaparte)
I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God. (Quote by - William Somerset Maugham)
Our study is total common sense and it works. (Quote by - Myrna M. Weissman)
Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have. (Quote by - John Masefield)
They kept sitting back. Why run a deep route when they're just sitting there? It's just common sense, you know?. (Quote by - Will Blackmon)
He sees the Metro bus-service proposal as a common-sense, cost-saving measure for the school district. (Quote by - Marty McOmber)
It's just common sense that if you only have one candidate remaining, the apparatus of government should be responsive enough to accommodate that and not spend any more taxpayer money,. (Quote by - Anthony Weiner)
Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense. (Quote by - Dwight David Eisenhower)
Sometimes a political maneuver can overcome common sense. (Quote by - Frank Verrastro)
Seek advice but use your own common sense. (Quote by - Yiddish Proverb)
We're taking this action because we think it's both legally required and (it's) common sense. (Quote by - Tim Preso)
Dr. Blake and Dr. Butt told us that there's absolutely nothing of forensic value in Lynne Harper's grave and, frankly, they never expected it, and neither did I. They certainly told me in advance that nothing would be found. I think it was really a matter of common sense that it wouldn't be. (Quote by - James Lockyer)
Common sense says consumers have to stop spending money at some point. But consumers haven't shown much common sense lately, despite griping about gas prices. (Quote by - David Wyss)
It was a good thing to see. It really was less than a normal weekend. The years that I worked in uniform, gosh it seemed New Year's Eve night we'd have a minimum of eight or 10 arrests. Maybe people read the paper or used common sense and had designated drivers. (Quote by - Capt. Allan Elkins)
Investing to me is all about common sense, .. When you hear about one trend, you see how it applies to many sectors. (Quote by - Frank Gannon)
For the average person sitting on the couch, they're saying, 'Well, I wouldn't have gotten in there [after being hurt]. But you're not on the field. It's a completely different feeling when you're on the field. There are different emotions you have to try to cut through, until you get to the common-sense part. Common sense is, like, way back in your head. Everything else is in the front. (Quote by - Brian Dawkins)
These are machines with sharp blades spinning at 160 miles per hour just inches away from our feet and hands. Everyone needs to respect the dangers and use common sense. (Quote by - David Bishai)
There's going to be a point where culture and common sense are going to start to take over, .. because there's only so much of this we can process. (Quote by - Gary Rowe)
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people. (Quote by - Will Rogers)
On a good day, you don't need that many fish, .. You have to take a scientific and common sense approach. (Quote by - Frank Gibson)
Common sense is genius in homespun. (Quote by - Alfred North Whitehead)
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone. (Quote by - Ed Howe)
Use common sense. I paid $100 for this bra. Should I throw it in the washing machine? No. Take care of your pretty things. (Quote by - Elizabeth Harp)
Democratic Rep. Charles Schumer of New York made a plea to Livingston, the incoming speaker. These new hearings, these new subpoenas wave a red flag that common sense and common wisdom are not welcome here, .. Mr. Livingston, this may be the first and most important task you will ever face as speaker. Lead us out of this abyss. (Quote by - Charles Schumer)
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense. (Quote by - Frank Lloyd Wright)
The defendants want you to believe the money they raised went for charity. But your common sense tells you that does not add up. (Quote by - Cherie Krigsman)
They were in great position to kick the field goal and win the game, .. For a second there, I thought about scooping it and trying to score, but my common sense kicked in. It was like, 'Get the ball. Live another down.'. (Quote by - Reggie Hayward)
We're major league pitchers. It's one-and-one, you understand. You want to get ahead. You have to play common sense-wise. (Quote by - Seth McClung)
It's not rocket science. It's really about common sense. (Quote by - Ray Tonjes)
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. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
You can only live on the past for so long, and we kind of stretched our luck on that. We think we're on the way back, but it's just a matter of how quickly things come together. Common sense tells you it's not going to happen overnight because we're trying to catch up. (Quote by - Richard Petty)
Emotions always get cranked up after incidents of this type. It's good to step back and let common sense prevail. I appreciate Bill Duffy's willingness to help work through this with the Davis family and ours. That's how things get worked out, when people are willing to talk. (Quote by - David Axelrod)
I can't order someone to violate a county ordinance, law or common sense — that would be abusing my position. I can't pass an ordinance by myself. I can't take back someone's hospital bill just because I want to. (Quote by - Victor Mow)
We all want to be out there. Still, you have to use a little common sense. The more he pitches, the more he has to monitor himself. Making so many pitches affects your stuff. Once it affects your stuff, you can give up runs, and then you're kicking yourself. Your body has to tell you. Your arm might feel good, but then your legs might not feel so great. It's a delicate balance. (Quote by - Tom Gordon)
That?s exactly the reason you don?t leave a 1-year-old and a 4-year-old in a running car. Not only was that foolish to do common sense-wise, it?s against the law, endangering the welfare of a minor. (Quote by - Kelley Cradduck)
They should never have entered him in that computer. It's just common sense ? that's the bottom line. I don't think it should have gotten this far. (Quote by - Sgt. Drew Benson)
It's where common sense and nonsense meet head-up, .. Barbershops are the black man's country club. You can say what you want, no matter how crazy it is. (Quote by - Charles Johnson)
Joe was the one who had the most apparent skills in dealing with local people and being the guy that knows how to talk to people on the land. He's just a heck of a nice guy with plenty of common sense. He's plain spoken and straight-up honest and that's what we needed. (Quote by - Ed Bangs)
Maine has effectively eliminated all household products that contain mercury from store shelves and the waste stream. Maine?s ?can-do? common sense approach is leading the nation in reducing the toxic mercury in our environment. (Quote by - Brownie Carson)
If common sense prevails, .. common sense can get an agreement. (Quote by - Gary Doer)
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. (Quote by - Henry Ward Beecher)
