Sense Quotes

The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix.

When you feel that you can't fight it, you just go for it. When it comes to the arts, passion should always trump common sense.

Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.

Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence.

At this point in my life, I find myself obsessed with alternate paths I could've taken. I don't think about this with a sense of regret, but with a sense of wonder.

Perhaps the most important vision of all is develop a sense of self, a sense of your own destiny, a sense of unique mission and role in life.

Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.

I'm such a blonde. It just doesn't make sense for me to have dark hair.

Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time.

I think everybody you know, we all have a sense of humor and I'm not one to take myself too seriously.

Anything that doesn't make sense, I don't want to give too much of my brain to.

Anybody with a good sense of humor is one-up on their competition. We respond to somebody who has the ability to make us laugh. It's a bonding influence.

It is essential to learn to enjoy life. It really does not make sense to go through the motions of existence if one does not appreciate as much of it as possible.

I love working with customers. Sales has really influenced everything I do. It has instilled in me the important traits of operating with a sense of urgency and listening to people.

Common sense ain't common.

This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

Once you have the cap and gown all you need do is open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom and all the rubbish good sense.

The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

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

I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.

One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.

I like the brooding man - a brooding man with a sense of humor.

At the top of the list of what makes a successful marriage, is a sense of humor.

They are definitely pros and cons to triple threat matches. The cons to them is obviously coming up wth something very original and making sure everything makes sense.

The pathway to enlightenment leads to states of ecstasy, knowledge, and a pretty ironic sense of humor.

Common sense tells us that this explosion of media sources should eliminate any concern over a lack of diversity of views in the marketplace and competition.

I focus on the task and try and do it as best we can. And we're constantly evolving it, because it's my way of trying to make sense of all these ambivalent feelings I have.

I remind myself of Einstein's remark that common sense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions acquired by age 18.

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense.

My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

Making money is a common sense. It's not rocket science. But unfortunately, when it comes to money, common sense is uncommon.

In America, communities existed before governments. There were many groups of people with a common sense of purpose and a feeling of duty to one another before there were political institutions.

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights.

Education is not something that the government invests in. Because if you invest in education, no politician can come and tell you something that doesn't make sense.

One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder.

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

A sense of humor is the main measure of sanity.

If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Futurists and common sense concur that a substantial change, worldwide, in life style and moral guidelines will soon become an absolute necessity.

Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.

There is absolutely no disconnect between common sense gun safety measures and protecting the Second Amendment rights of gun owners.

Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.