Common Sense Quotes - Page 34

• There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man.

  Aristotle

  Funny, Humor, Humility

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• All true knowledge contradicts common sense.

  Mandell Creighton

  Knowledge, Science, Common

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• There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense; for war is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.

  Jeannette Rankin

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

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• If you examine the highest poetry in the light of common sense, you can only say that it is rubbish; and in actual fact you cannot so examine it at all, because there is something in poetry which is not in the words themselves, which is not in the images suggested by the words 'O windy star blown sideways up the sky!' True poetry is itself a magic spell which is a key to the ineffable.

  Aleister Crowley

  Stars, Light, Sky

  Aleister Crowley (2014). “Eight Lectures on Yoga”, p.100, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Of the few innocent pleasures left to men past middle life, the jamming of common sense down the throats of fools is perhaps the keenest.

  Thomas Huxley

  Determination, Past, Men

  Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley (1900). “Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley”

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• Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.

  Chapman Cohen

  Spiritual, Religious, Atheist

  "An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism" by Gordon Stein, Prometheus Books, (p. 258), 1980.

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• If the Aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.

  Stanley Marion Garn

  Wisdom, Civilization, Intelligence

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• If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes.

  Thomas More

  Trust, Betrayal, Hero

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• Now of the difficulties bound up with the public in which we doctors work, I hesitate to speak in a mixed audience. Common sense in matters medical is rare, and is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education.

  William Osler

  Education, Hard Work, Science

  William Osler (1927). “Aequanimitas”, p.73, Ravenio Books

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• The biggest challenge of public policy is to know when and how the world has changed. We are no longer an empty continent with endless absorptive capacity. We have a cash-wage economy that is having terrible problems finding jobs for its own people. The concern about immigration is not nativism but common sense.

  Richard Lamm

  Jobs, People, Challenges

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• By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Atheist, Believe, Simple

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• If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed.

  Annie Dillard

  Atheist, Believe, Judging

  Annie Dillard (2011). “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”, p.146, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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• For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Atheist, Believe, Common

  "The Summing Up".

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• The time for common-sense immigration reform is now," Grayson said in a news release. "We must set forth a straightforward route to citizenship for the undocumented immigrants who already live in our communities, work for our businesses and want to give back to the country that they call home.

  Alan Grayson

  Country, Home, Giving

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• Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a most initial form of prayer; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. If the Son of God is formed in us by regeneration, He will press forward in front of our common sense and change our attitude to the things about which we pray.

  Oswald Chambers

  Prayer, Attitude, Son

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• Science, as opposed to technology, does violence to common sense.

  Richard Dawkins

  Technology, Doe, Violence

  Richard Dawkins (2008). “The God Delusion”, p.410, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• A Positive Mental Attitude is the right mental attitude. What is the right mental attitude? It is most often comprised of the "plus" characteristics symbolized by such words as faith, integrity, hope, optimism, courage, initiative, generosity, tolerance, tact, kindliness, and good common sense. A person with positive mental attitude aims for high goals and constantly strives to achieve them.

  Napoleon Hill

  Positive, Attitude, Integrity

  Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone (1960). “Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

  Winston Churchill

  Courage, Men, Order

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

  George W. Bush

  Faith, Rights, Judging

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• The only hope lies in the fact that the American people - like people everywhere - are basically decent people with common sense.

  Howard Zinn

  Lying, People, Facts

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I was imprisoned as an innocent person, it's common sense not to go back.

  Amanda Knox

  Innocent Person, Persons, Common

  "Amanda Knox on retrial: 'Everything's at stake'" by Scott Stump, www.today.com. September 20, 2013.

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• Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you cant fake. Im not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense.

  Wale

  Talking, Fake, Sound

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• Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.

  Maira Kalman

  Kindness, Integrity, Men

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• And at thirty-eight a brilliant exponent of arms and a knight of the great fighting and religious Order of St John, the Chevalier de Villegagnon had absolutely no use for common sense himself, but respected it in the laity.

  Dorothy Dunnett

  Religious, Fighting, Knights

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• Technological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. And maybe technology always wins.

  Jack McDevitt

  Winning, Technology, Civilization

  Jack McDevitt (2007). “Cauldron”, p.247, Penguin

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