Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.

Contrarian thinking doesn't make any sense unless the world still has secrets left to give up.

The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.

Love makes no sense at all. But it's the most powerful and amazing force in the entire universe.

Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.

I don't work with anyone out of a sense of charity. I use people as long as they are useful to me.

To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain.

I believe in the power of great clothing. It can evoke confidence, beauty, and a sense of glamour.

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

You'll always remember your first car and the memories that come with it - that sense of adventure!

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.

Either marriage is a destiny, I believe, or there is no sense in it at all, it's a piece of humbug.

There is a sense of frustration because we are losing games that we know we are capable of winning.

Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.

Life doesn't make any sense unless you can enjoy the journey, and sometimes I take that for granted.

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

All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.

We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present.

From a young age I had a real sense of the world of work. This is what vocational education gives you.

There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.

Spirituality is indeed the master key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it.

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.

For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.

It's the Industrial Revolution and the growth of urban concentrations that led to a sense of anonymity.

There's something about it that makes sense, Lent. You give something up, and everything's more joyful.

One way to organize your thoughts is to tidy up, even if it's in places where it makes no sense at all.

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

The process of editing is what I enjoy most - putting the pieces together and making sense out of them.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.

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