In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense.

Why can’t we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the...

People that criticize the harshest usually are the ones who would trade places the fastest

The tunnel under the wall of intellectual snobbery is the only way back to common sense reality, but most won’t find it because it is beneath them.

One hundred will go to my mother, sir, and the other I shall spend on schooling.” Jack Creamer, aged ten.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.Read more at

Beauty is intellectually confusing; it sabotages common sense.

You know that when Irving puts the dog in the car, it is no longer in the yard. When Edna goes to church, her head goes with her. If Doug is in the house, he...

I have neither the ability of a poet or the flourish of a dramatist. But I must admit I was floored

Societies only have waste products while acquiring fresh raw material remains a cheaper option than recycling.

My common sense had already packed a bag, prepared to abandon me for the evening.

My personal savior is common sense. And as far as God goes, I prefer to believe in one that would want me to use the excellent brain he gave us all.

Does it make any sense if you say hot coffee is hot, Isn’t it the least you wish for.

A Smoothie a day keeps Big Pharma away

Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

We haven’t been terribly specific, except to say that the application of common sense is desirable. In the end, the House seems likely to adopt new rules, and then we’ll all abide by them. In...

Success isn’t permanent, and failure isn’t fatal.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

Never raise your hand to your children – it leaves your midsection unprotected

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Every romantic woman dreams of Willoughby. However, every wise woman’s heart knows Colonel Brandon would take care of her when she was sick, love her when she was well and know her worth every day...

Take care of your common sense, and your dignity will take care of itsself

Tis the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

There are many professions that require individuals, on an ongoing basis, to pass drug tests, physicals and psychological evaluations in order to keep their jobs. Maybe it’s time to start holding the people that are...

On Lincoln: “A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.

Clearly we’re disappointed. This violates common sense. What it really says is there are loopholes in the law.

The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if you had a strong man willing to step up and...

Ladies and gentlemen, when you paint your lips, eyes, nails, hair, side-beards, or whatever, to look beautiful or handsome, don’t forget your up stairs, if you don’t go up there to put things in order,...

Common sense is the best distributed commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.

Common sense told us that when you put a big tax on something, the people will produce less of it. So we cut the people’s tax rates, and the people produced more than ever before.”

I agree that sometimes it is difficult to choose between right and wrong, but not between right and stupid.

Alexia wondered what it said about her character that Ivy had genuinely believed she would intentionally go climbing about the side of a floating dirigible.

When you are always ready for the worst, then the worst is likely to show up

If I already intuitively “get” what you’re trying to tell me, why should I obsess about remembering it? The danger, of course, is that what sounds like common sense often isn’t…. It’s your job, as...

Les expériences dangereuses, le monde les accepte dans le domaine de l’art parce qu’il ne prend pas l’art au sérieux, mais il les condamne dans la vie.

Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa Fortuna.”[“Generally common sense is rare in that (higher) rank.”]

In four months we could actually have an administration that believes in science.

Many people have said to me that I’m a mystic. I find that a bit mysterious. I just use logic and common sense for my philosophies.

A lot of people think something is right, and so that thing becomes right.

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything...

Normalization takes place not because there is Western-ideology that normalizes third-world texts in any special way (other than the usual play with exoticism) but because this academic seeks to domesticate everything, even Marx.

It’s pretty amazing how uncommon common sense is.

The theistic philosopher has a tendency to devalue insufficient worldviews, ideologies, and quite often common sense for the greater good, and in such cases, one should not be discouraged when seen as a bad guy....

When you bury your head in the sand you leave your backside exposed to those who seek to take advantage.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

1a) Never throw shit at an armed man.1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.

The more laws are enacted and taxes assessed, the greater the number of lawbreakers and tax evaders

The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.

Science is implausible to untutored human common sense, but that in no way casts doubt on the correctness of well-established scientific findings. Feelings of transcendence are simply that—feelings—and, as such, have no capacity to reveal...