Quotes about Common sense, page 2

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

Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.

Quote by Erykah Badu about common sense

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Quote by Douglas Adams about common sense

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about common sense

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about common sense

I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.

Quote by Derek Bailey about common sense

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about common sense

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

Quote by Joseph Addison about common sense

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one...

Quote by Joseph Addison about common sense

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Quote by Joseph Addison about common sense

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

Quote by Joseph Addison about common sense

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

Quote by Aesop about common sense

Some moments it feels longer, other moments it feels like it's flown by; you can't believe you've done it all that time... Overall, you have a strong sense for the full spectrum that you've sort of traveled.

Quote by Andre Agassi about common sense

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about common sense

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about common sense

I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one thing they had in common was Sinatra.

Quote by Michael Bolton about common sense

You have a sense of responsibility, and for me that means keeping my voice in shape.

Quote by Michael Bolton about common sense

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

Quote by Aristophanes about common sense

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about common sense

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

Quote by Aristotel about common sense