Quotes of: Common-belief Keyword

The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We use this word all the time, and I think behind it lurk some really extraordinary taboos and confusions. What I want to argue tonight is that ho...

Sam Harris

Many people are born into their religion. For them it is mostly a matter of legacy and convenience. Their belief is based on faith, not just in the teachings of the religion but also in the acceptance of that religion from their family and culture. F...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

We scarcely want to analyse what we feel to be so large and deeply human.

The Common Reader

I have never been able to resist a book about books.

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

The evolution revolution is here. Global sense makes common sense.

GLOBAL SENSE

It all came down to money - the great equalizer and common denominator.

The Big Nowhere

On Lincoln: "A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.

Abraham Lincoln

Common sense is a skill to learn, and it is the foundation of all good business.

The Secrets of Business

Science is not a substitute for common sense, but an extension of it.

Set Theory and Its Logic

We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense.

Mythologies

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Literary Remains, Vol. 1

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.

Samuel Fuller

Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.

Samuel E. Morison

It's not gambling to play against someone who's no good. It's common sense.

Terry Pratchett

Lost: The common sense of an unconventional dreamer. If found, please return to Love The Stacks.

Love The Stacks Bookstore

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.

Pauline Hanson

God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and that the Earth should also be a property common to all.

Saint Ambrose

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

Walter Lippmann

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.

Harvey Fierstein

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

Alphonse de Lamartine