Common Sense Quotes

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Life, Experience, Sense

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

Men, Same, Sense

Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
Gertrude Stein

Long, Sense, Everyone

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.
Charles Baudelaire

Sense, Common, Obvious

If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.
Joan Crawford

Good, Friend, Sense

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
Dean Inge

Wisdom, Wise, Sense

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.
Steve Chabot

Sense, Moral, Trouble

If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail.
Henry A. Wallace

Trust, Great, Men

Common sense is genius in homespun.
Alfred North Whitehead

Sense, Genius, Common

Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.
William Hague

Marriage, Country, Sense

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.
Christopher Lasch

Wisdom, Sense, Progress

The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense.
Christopher Lasch

Lost, Opinion, Sense

The left no longer stands for common sense, as it did in the days of Tom Paine.
Christopher Lasch

Sense, Days, Left

What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common sense? So when I say these things to you, I am speaking from a humanist point of view. I just look around and see what's wrong.
Patti Smith

Try, Wrong, Around

I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.
Sally Ride

Work, Done, Sense

Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.
Sarah Palin

Government, Problems, Sense

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
Julian Casablancas

Wisdom, Sense, Common

My Lords temporal, today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords spiritual and proclaim the values of enlightenment, compassion and common sense.
Polly Toynbee

Today, Spiritual, Compassion

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
E. W. Howe

Sense, Anyone, Common

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

Person, Sense, Ideas

Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.
Steven Seagal

Important, Sense, Themselves

I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct.
Jerry Lewis

Education, Else, Sense

Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it.
Ric Keller

History, Sense, Tell

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.
Robert Duvall

Good, Women, Wife

Common sense is very uncommon.
Horace Greeley

Sense, Common, Uncommon

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.
Barbara Jordan

Political, Ignore, Sense

I tend to go for women with common sense. Being down to earth stands out more than looks.
Seann William Scott

Women, Down, Sense

Everybody says, 'I have problems overcooking steak on the grill,' but just take it off earlier! Grilling is really common sense. It's very simple. You should think of a grill as a burner - it just happens to have grates. You shouldn't be intimidated by it.
Bobby Flay

Simple, Problems, Sense

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.
Fred G. Gosman

Love, Parenting, Focus

The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations.
Fred Thompson

Problem, Sometimes, Sense

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