Quotes of: Commonsense Keyword

Embrace fanaticism. Harness joie de vivre by pursuing insane interests, consuming passions, and constant sources of gratification that do not depend on the approval of others

Radical Sanity: Commonsense Advice for Uncommon Women

We have no need to learn to think much of ourselves, to care for ourselves, to consider our own needs, wants, and desires. We already do that far too much. The problem is getting us to think of others, to have a lowliness of mind that springs from hu...

Building Her House: Commonsensical Wisdom for Christian Women

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

Mahatma Gandhi

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.

Merritt Wever

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Never stop acquiring the commonsense, it is as good as the knowledge.

Amit Kalantri

By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter.

Mitt Romney

The only side God chooses is one of commonsense. If it doesn’t make sense; it is not God.

Shannon L. Alder

There is such a thing as commonsense middle-ground gun reform, and most gun owners support it.

Mike Quigley

Commonsense will never come from following your heart; wisdom is only stored in the mind.

Shannon L. Alder

We have to learn to apply wisdom in every situation and not "spiritualize" every temptation. Sometimes we need to overcome temptation by prayer and receiving grace; other times we need to put on some cheery music, open the curtains, and make a pot of...

Building Her House: Commonsensical Wisdom for Christian Women

For Pride is spiritual cancer:it eats up the very possibility of love, contentment or even commonsense.

C.S. Lewis

When things don’t add up, either you don’t have a calculator or you forgot to use commonsense by simply asking.

Shannon L. Alder

It's only when movement becomes the most natural state in our lives that we can finally begin to enjoy the motion. And it's only when standing still becomes impossible that we can finally embrace the kinds of changes that are inevitable in our lives....

Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running

I rise today in strong support of the Children's Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act, because it is a commonsense way to protect our schoolchildren from pedophiles.

Ric Keller

Moreover, from reforming the tax code to our immigration system, to commonsense legal reform, President Bush put America on notice that he will continue fighting to make the country, and the world, a better place for future generations.

Jim Sensenbrenner

The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense.

Talcott Parsons

While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most obvious, commonsense reforms to save taxpayer dollars.

Jim Ryun

E-Verify is a very commonsense reform that we can implement here in the state of Florida. I think I share a lot of Floridians' frustration that it didn't pass and a lot of the politics that were taking place behind the scenes.

Adam Hasner

With the discovery of vast new North American energy resources - thanks to the application of proven technologies like hydraulic fracturing and commonsense regulatory processes on non-federal lands - the U.S. government should no longer be in the bus...

Fred Upton

You can't fight hatred with hatred and expect anyone to listen to you. You can only try to lessen it with humor, wit, truth and commonsense. If that doesn't work run like hell, while they throw rocks at you.

Shannon L. Alder