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Quotations on Common sense 83 Quotes Found 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. Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious. Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams. The American people expect more from Congress. They expect fiscal responsibility and common sense. They expect us to return to the pay-as-you-go budget rules that we had enacted in the past that helped us establish a surplus, however briefly. Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom. As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul. The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics. People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience. Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence. In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness. 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. 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. I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver, and I believe we should cut the salaries of senators and congressmen 10 percent until they balance the budget. I call that conservative common sense. Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble. I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity. 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. The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense. Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want - an honest party dedicated to common sense, fiscal responsibility and limited government. If we govern to save the country, we'll do well as a party. Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world. I have seen that the American Dream is a reality - and I would love to feel the British Dream is also a reality. To enable that, we have to bring back some common sense and encourage family values, a proper sense of justice and make people believe they have a decent chance to build a business or career for themselves. I see this moment as a fantastic opportunity to restore this, because I believe Britain Has Talent. If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual. Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation. Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have. 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. The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense. Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. Common sense is the genius of humanity. We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles; the love, not the disappointments; the common sense, not the complexities. Experience join'd with common sense, To mortals is a providence. What man or woman of common sense now doubts the intellectual capacity of colored people? Who does not know, that with all our efforts as a nation to crush and annihilate the mind of this portion of our race, we have never yet been able to do it. My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop. Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor. Taste is the common sense of genius. Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense. Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact. Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work. Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans. Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it. Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma. I see the great continuities in New Zealand history as being decency and common sense and up until now when we've confronted these things we've been able to talk them through, and I'm sure we will with this issue as well.
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