Common Quotes - Page 6

One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.

I am for America because America is for the common people.

The writer of these lines has nothing whatsoever to teach anyone; his words are just his contribution to our common discussion of what must inevitably be for us the most important subject which could be discussed by sentient beings.

The common trait of all evil is nothing other than egoism... Basically all human evil comes from what we call the selfishness.

Our common humanity is more important than all the things that divide us.

Time is infinitely more precious than money, and there is nothing common between them. You cannot accumulate time; you cannot borrow time; you can never tell how much time you have left in the Bank of Life. Time is life.

Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen.

All of science is largely formalized common sense.

What leaders have in common is that each really knows their strengths, has developed their strengths, and can call on the right strength at the right time.

Skills are common. Talent is rare.

The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon.

Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.

Every culture, or subculture, is defined by a set of common values, that is, generally agreed upon preferences. Without a core of common values a culture cannot exist, and we classify society into cultures and subcultures precisely because it is possible to identify groups who have common values.

Our common future is badly served when the eloquence of our attack on the other fellow exceeds the energy with which we cooperate with them.

Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.

We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense.

I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense.

A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.

Not all poetry wants to be storytelling. And not all storytelling wants to be poetry. But great storytellers and great poets share something in common: They had something to say, and did.

Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation.

If you take a reasonable amount of vitamin C regularly, the incidence of the common cold goes down. If you get a cold and start immediately, as soon as you start sneezing and sniffling, the cold just doesn't get going.

No, the state is anything but the result of a contract! No one with even just an ounce of common sense would agree to such a contract. I have a lot of contracts in my files, but nowhere is there one like this. The state is the result of aggressive force and subjugation. It has evolved without contractual foundation, just like a gang of protection racketeers. And concerning the struggle of all against all: that is a myth.