Quotes of: Common-good Keyword

Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.

Fergus Henderson

The goal of work is not to gain wealth and possessions, but to serve the common good and bring glory to God.

Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World

Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!

Pope Francis

Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose upon citizens, and how far do they extend? By appeal to what authority can moral dilemmas be resolved?'

Pope Benedict XVI

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.

Isabel Allende

This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil.

Sam Brownback

I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.

Vince McMahon

We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.

William Kingdon Clifford

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

The Secrets of Business

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

Terry Pratchett

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

I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking common ground rather than trying to divide us.

Bob Casey, Jr.

In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.

Hack Wilson

Editing is simply the application of the common sense of any good reader. That's why, to be an editor, you have to be a reader. It's the number one qualification.

Robert Gottlieb

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

William Hague

Good writing just isn't that common.

Eric Flint

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

George Bernard Shaw

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

George Bernard Shaw

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

It is a common assumption that a person's good works will get them into Heaven.

Monica Johnson