Quotes of: Common-sense Keyword

It felt really good to do something that made no sense at all.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

Minority Report

There was magic in the air tonight, and something incredible was about to happen–Kelly just sensed it.

Magical Weddings: 15 Enchanting Romances

She needed intimacy and a sense of partaking in, not just observing, real life.

Musashi

Pleasure from the senses seems like nectar at first, but it is bitter as poison in the end.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

I no longer liked the night. The darkness was where he lied in wait, waiting for it to swallow me whole, suffocating my senses with fear.

Nearly Broken

Only the king that has succeeded in subduing his senses is competent to resist his foes.

Leadership Secrets From The Mahabharata

If every library is in some sense a reflection of its readers, it is also an image of that which we are not, and cannot be.

The Library at Night

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

Life of Pi

Now, my intention was to drink just enough to dull the senses, but intentions should never be mixed with alcohol.

The Last Stop

Life baffles me most days. Maybe that's why I write. To try and make sense of it all.

The Little Silkworm

Memories establish the past; Senses perceive the present; Imaginations shape the future.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

The world is full of love stories, and all lovers are in a sense the avatars of their predecessors.

Midnight's Children

There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage.

In Search of King Solomon's Mines

In one sense, (Duchamp's) “The Large Glass” is a glimpse into Hell; a peculiarly modernist Hell of repetition and loneliness.

The Shock of the New

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

The Selected Poems

No es el tiempo ni la ocasión los que determinan la intimidad: es sólo el carácter, la disposición de las personas.

Sense and Sensibility

The Bible is the story so far in the true novel that God is still writing.

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?

Sense and Sensibility

She felt the loss of Willoughby's character yet more heavily than she had felt the loss of his heart.

Sense and Sensibility

Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

Sense and Sensibility