Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 59
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 56
Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 10
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings. Publilius Syrus Roman Writer More Publilius Syrus Quotes 9
You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do. Nicole Kidman Actress More Nicole Kidman Quotes 8
A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles. Mignon McLaughlin American Journalist More Mignon McLaughlin Quotes 8
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. Eric Hoffer American Writer More Eric Hoffer Quotes 6
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. Ansel Adams American Photographer More Ansel Adams Quotes 4
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. Francis Bacon English Philosopher More Francis Bacon Quotes 4
Common sense is calculation applied to life. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 3
Philosophy is common sense with big words. James Madison American President More James Madison Quotes 3
A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man. Jiddu Krishnamurti Indian Philosopher More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes 3
The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion. John Adams American President More John Adams Quotes 3
In an age where every decision we make must be supported by numbers and opinion polls, kindness, compassion, faith and common sense require no statistical analysis. Tom Krause American Motivational Speaker More Tom Krause Quotes 3
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. Erich Fromm American Psychologist More Erich Fromm Quotes 2
Hero-worship in the sense of expressing our unbound admiration is one thing. To obey the hero is a totally different kind of worship. There is nothing wrong in the former while the latter is no doubt a most pernicious thing. The former is man's respect for which is noble and of which the great men are only an embodiment. The latter is the serf's fealty to his lord. The former is consistent with respect, but the latter is a sign of debasement. The former does not take away one's intelligence to think and independence to act. The latter makes one perfect fool. The former involves no disaster to the state. The latter is a source of positive danger to it. B. R. Ambedkar Indian Politician More B. R. Ambedkar Quotes 2
Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own. Peter Jennings Canadian Journalist More Peter Jennings Quotes 2
There's a sense of spontaneity, and no emphasis on jokes in this show. People generally talk the way they talk in life if you were in this particular situation. Larry David American Actor More Larry David Quotes 2
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. Matthew Arnold English Poet More Matthew Arnold Quotes 2
Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children? Karl Kraus Austrian Writer More Karl Kraus Quotes 2
What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree. Sigmund Freud Austrian Psychologist More Sigmund Freud Quotes 1