Quotes about Common sense

170 quotes about Common sense

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best, it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is...

Quote by George S. Patton about common sense

Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him...

Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is

Quote by Oscar Wilde about common sense

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about common sense

Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about common sense

Most of them are pretty down records, pretty unhappy, pretty confused. Which only reflects how people in general were feeling, I mean really the sense that you get is society running down.

Quote by Lester Bangs about common sense

If they say, Paula is going crazy, the reason is, Simon is whispering things in my ear, like, What's the price of beans? Things that make no sense at all.

Quote by Paula Abdul about common sense

Fundamentally, the land was held in common and...

Fundamentally, the land was held in common and administered by a group of nobles called the alii on behalf of the common good.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about common sense

Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about common sense

So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about common sense

Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of...

Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about common sense

I decided that these are not secrets in the sense that...

I decided that these are not secrets in the sense that once you know what the strategy was you'll be able next time to feed it.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about common sense

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had...

I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about common sense

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes...

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

Quote by Dean Acheson about common sense

I always watch rushes. They give me a sense of whether I'm going in the right direction. You work hard and hopefully get encouragement from what you see.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about common sense

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes...

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

Quote by Dean Acheson about common sense

I don't really worry so much about image. I try to just live my own life, my personal life, to my own sense of morality. In terms of the kinds of characters that I play, well, they could be anything.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about common sense

I think actors sometimes don't give their characters a...

I think actors sometimes don't give their characters a sense of place.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about common sense

I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very...

I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word.

Quote by Erykah Badu about common sense

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one...

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.

Quote by Ansel Adams about common sense

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.

Quote by Ansel Adams about common sense

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