I consider myself a reasonable man. As such, I tend to expect others to behave with a modicum of reason and common sense. Especially those with power.
Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.
Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.
In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense.
People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.
When women vote, Progressives can win. When women organize and bring some common sense to the conversation, it becomes more authentic.
Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.
A common and natural result of an undue respect of law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain, corporal, privates, powder-monkeys, and all, marching in admirable order over hill and dale to the wars, against their wills, ay, agains...
Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type of uniform principle is almost synonymous with fairness. Uniform application of a detail...
The terrible error in the course of human civilization is undoubtedly the defective judgment that allowed religious authorities usurp the foundation of societal morality, in which all collective ethics of humankind must take a cause. This appalling b...
Noah: I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I...
Duke: I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but in one respect I've succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I've loved...
Priest: If men don't trust each other, this earth might as well be hell. Commoner: Right. The world's a kind of hell. Priest: No! I don't want to believe that! Commoner: No one will hear you, no matter how loud you shout. Just think. Which one of the...
Knowledge, humbles a great person, astonishes the common, and puffs up the small.
We scarcely want to analyse what we feel to be so large and deeply human.
I have never been able to resist a book about books.
The evolution revolution is here. Global sense makes common sense.
It all came down to money - the great equalizer and common denominator.
On Lincoln: "A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.
Common sense is a skill to learn, and it is the foundation of all good business.
Science is not a substitute for common sense, but an extension of it.
