Common Sense Quotes - Page 8

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.

Buffett was a billionaire who drove his own car, did his own taxes, and still lived in a home he had bought in 1958 for $31,500. He seemed to answer to a deeply rooted, distinctly American mythology, in which decency and common sense triumphed over cosmopolitan guile, and in which an idealized past held firm against a rootless and too hurriedly changing present.

Anybody can have common sense, provided that they have no imagination.

There are people who are so full of common sense that they haven't the slightest cranny left for their own sense.

I write to reach people's common sense and intelligence, to show them that if they unite they can make a different world possible.

After a lifetime of picking stocks, I have to admit that Bogle's arguments in favor of the index fund have me thinking of joining him rather than trying to beat him. Bogle's wisdom and common sense are indispensable... for anyone trying to figure out how to invest in this crazy stock market.

I go out as a missionary not that I may follow the dictates of common sense, but that I may obey that command of Christ.

Introducing someone as a "Negro poet with a University degree" or again, quite simply, the expression, "a great black poet." These ready-made phrases, which seem in a common-sense way to fill a need-or have a hidden subtlety, a permanent rub.

I'm pretty laidback as a dad anyway. I just trust her so much. She has a great head on her shoulders and she makes pretty good decisions most of the time. She even has enough common sense that if she makes a bad one she makes adjustments and knows that's what life is. It's a day-by-day, step-by-step journey through life, as she says in the movie.

Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time.

A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.

Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

Futurists and common sense concur that a substantial change, worldwide, in life style and moral guidelines will soon become an absolute necessity.

Making money is a common sense. It's not rocket science. But unfortunately, when it comes to money, common sense is uncommon.

I remind myself of Einstein's remark that common sense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions acquired by age 18.

If all our common-sense notions about the universe were correct, then science would have solved the secrets of the universe thousands of years ago. The purpose of science is to peel back the layer of the appearance of the objects to reveal their underlying nature. In fact, if appearance and essence were the same thing, there would be no need for science.

Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions.

Knowledge counts but common sense matters.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans.

Those fine eyes of hers had a disconcertingly direct gaze, and very often twinkled in a manner disturbing to male egotism. She had common-sense too, and what man wanted the plainly matter-of-fact, when he could enjoy instead Sophia's delicious folly?

Common sense tells us that this explosion of media sources should eliminate any concern over a lack of diversity of views in the marketplace and competition.