(458 quotes found)
“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”
Thomas Henry Huxley
“I believe in common sense. I don't believe in the confusion this world has created. Religion has turned this world into a war zone. A life of spirituality and love is whats makes me happy and successful. If you simplify your life to the main topics (Love, health, procreation, happiness, kindness, self respect) you will reach soo much further”
nerissa irving
“There is a chalk outline being drawn around common sense, and most people cannot even identify the victim.”
Dennis Miller
“Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.”
Giambattista Vico
“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.”
William Hazlitt
“Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and in lending oneself to the universal delusion without becoming its dupe.”
Henri Frederic Amiel
“High politic is only common sense applied to great things.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“When it comes to your health, I recommend frequent doses of that rare commodity among Americans - common sense”
Vincent Askey
“This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.”
Larry Elder
“Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense -- adapting one-self to circumstances -- and a sense of humor.”
Beatrice Lillie
