Sense Quotes

It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'.

So let us all who pray ask for what most of them need badly, a sense of humor to lighten their way through life, making it merrier for themselves and easier for others.

I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense.

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

Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.

I think we're losing our sense of humor instead of being able to relax and laugh at ourselves. I don't care whether it's ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, or whose ox is being gored.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others.

I had these slinky eyes and a sense of humor.

The question of common sense is always: 'what is it good for?' - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.

Until the culture recognizes the legitimacy of growing down, each person in the culture struggles blindly to make sense of the darkness that the soul requires to deepen into life.

What I like about the Bible is that it doesn't make sense, which makes it more like truth than anything else I've ever read.

If I point to anything that makes me who I am, it's that I have a whole lot of common sense. I've got a good mind and a good ability to read people and situations.

People are always surprised when they see me speak live that I have a sense of humor. And I say, Well, you know, there's not much opportunity to laugh when you're reporting the dread news of the day.

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.

I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it.

The Trump Card is appealing, grounded, smart, and has a sense of humor. Ivanka Trump proves that believing in yourself and working hard never go out of style.

Ukip policies are common-sense policies.

I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing.

God has a most wicked sense of humor.

I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made.

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

I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.

Persistence is the answer, and a sense of humor helps.

Liberals want Conservatives to shut up. Conservatives want Liberals to keep talking. Because our arguments make sense and theirs don't

I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.

Forgiveness is the nature of my art in general. It's expressing love and compassion, the kinds of things that don't make sense in any other context other than emotive expression.

We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to raise billions of dollars to defeat somebody in an election? Oh! Okay! Does that make sense?

I was sentenced to life plus 30 years by an all-White jury. What I saw in prison was wall-to-wall Black flesh in chains. Women caged in cells. But we're the terrorists. It just doesn't make sense.

Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

I’m actually trying to make sense of the world. There’s nothing cynical or absurd in what I do.

Seventy-two virgins - does that make sense to anyone? And it's an ancient religion, maybe it was misinterpreted? Maybe it's not 72 virgins, maybe it's a 7-foot-2 Persian.

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

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

I love playing people who don't have a sense of humor for instance, there's nothing funnier to me than a person with no sense of humor.

A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the most controlling people may be sarcastic but lack an authentic sense of humor.

Styles come and go, design goes on forever: solving communication problems with new tools applied to the same old common sense.

Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.

Life will not, it will never, make sense to your mind. The secret is to see life from the soul's perspective; to add to the mind's experience the soul's wisdom, awareness, and total knowing.

Your sixth sense should be your first sense.

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

Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.

Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency.

I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.

Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job.

It is, after all, only common sense to realize that, but for the fact that economic life is a process of incessant internal change, the business cycle, as we know it, would not exist.

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