No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.

A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics.

The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense.

I don't really have a system or set of principles. It's kind of common sense mixed up with instinct.

I’m a great believer in common sense, and the older I get I see that common sense is not that common

Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.

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

There is nothing a Man of good Sense dreads so much in a Wife, as her having more Sense than himself.

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.

The only thing you will get from common sense, is a common life. Be uncommon and have uncommon sense.

Common sense suggests that if no one ever judged other people, there would be no real human community.

Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions.

It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.

I like the values associated with a medical family - common sense, being practical but also thoughtful.

I agree, intellectualism in photography is overrated. I just wish it could be replaced by common sense.

Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.

Common sense, the half-truths of a deceitful society, is honored as the honest truths of a frank world.

The doctor will persist in laboring under the delusion that patients want common sense instead of magic.

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

Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for we all think we possess a good share of it.

Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques.

Our prejudices are so deeply rooted that we never think of them as prejudices but call them common sense.

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.

America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans.

Every act of energy conservation... is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism.

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.

There is a chalk outline slowly being drawn around common sense and most people can't identify the victim.

Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness.

Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.

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

It's common sense. Here's a problem, here's a solution. What will it manifest to? This drives me every day.

I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.

I think a common sense approach that provides health care coverage to all Americans is the best way forward.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.

It's just not a good idea to drink and drive; that is just common sense. But common sense is not that common!

Because desperation breeds gullibility. People want to lose weight so much that their common sense shuts off.

If Europe does not return to the path of common sense, it will find itself laid low in a battle for its fate.

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.

A populist is someone who fights for common sense economic policies that sustain and expand the middle class.

A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues.

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

I strongly hold that, if an idea fits with common sense, then scientifically it is almost certain to be false.

With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

A true account of the actual is the rarest poetry, for common sense always takes a hasty and superficial view.

If Congress can't get a budget passed when they're supposed to, it's just common sense they shouldn't get paid.

Common sense says that chairs and tables exist independently of whether anyone happens to perceive them or not.

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