Common Quotes - Page 43

If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.

It is always singular, but encouraging, to meet with common sense in very old books, as the Heetopades of Veeshnoo Sarma; a playful wisdom which has eyes behind as well as before, and oversees itself. It asserts their health and independence of the experience of later times. This pledge of sanity cannot be spared in a book, that it sometimes pleasantly reflect upon itself.

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

A majority of the crime in the downtown is property crime. There have been a few larcenies and burglaries, but robberies and assaults are not common in the downtown. There isn't usually any violent crime.

Whatever is in common is true; but likeness is false.

There are two things in the world that can never get together- religion & common sense.

We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

The food crank is by definition a person willing to cut himself off from human society in the hopes of adding five years onto the life of his carcase; that is, a person out of touch with common humanity.

I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice.

It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

Ability to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense.

Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.

In so many ways I'm just thankful for common sense. Common sense keeps you out of trouble.

Look around, and you see everywhere the exertions and acts of individuals restricted, regulated, or promoted, on the principle of the common welfare.

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

Originality is never embraced as quickly as the commonplace.

I don't believe in god, so I don't have to make elaborately sounded structures. ... Pain always produces logic, which is very bad for you. ... As for measure and other technical apparatus, that's just common sense: if you're going to buy a pair of pants you want them to be tight enough so everyone will want to go to bed with you. There's nothing metaphysical about it.

There's only one kind of common sense but a thousand varieties of stupidity.

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.

We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

The most common mistakes are showing people your product- don't show them your product, it's sort of like telling them bout a feature.