Quotes About Commonsense

An abundance of commonsense is called wisdom.

because commonsensically speaking, a room full of good books had to better for your health than a room with no books in it at all.

I had been right, this was just the sort of place where superstition and tittle-tattle were rife, and even allowed to hold sway over commonsense. Now

Expanding background checks for all sales and transfers of firearms is simple, popular, and commonsense.

When you hear hoof beats, think horses before you think zebras.

Common sense, proportionality, and judgment are the skills we must seek in those we choose to regulate our lives.

We need commonsense measures, gun control measures, that save lives. I think that it is important that we keep the firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill and criminals and terrorists. And I also think, by strengthening our background check system and expanding mental health treatment, we can do that as well.

The real solutions we seek are almost always hiding in plain sight; unfortunately, they've usually been obscured by an unbelievable amount of bunk, an astounding flood of "common sense" that turns out to be nonsense. Ever

Common sense is completely worthless and irrelevant when trying to understand reality. This is probably why people who like to boast about their common sense tend to rail against the fact that they share a common ancestor with a monkey.

I told New Jerseyans that I would find ways to work for commonsense, bipartisan solutions to some of our greatest challenges.

One of the enemies of creativity and innovation, especially in relation to our own development, is common sense.

Stop turning to fad diets and use common sense.

Sometimes in your life you just meet someone or hear something that nudges you on the right path. And that becomes the best advice. It could just be a bit of commonsense said in a way that resonates with something in you. It's nothing new, but because it connects with you it holds meaning for you.

Levi always said if you heard hoofbeats, expect to see horses, not zebras.

It was part of war; men died, more would die, that was past, and what mattered now was the business in hand; those who lived would get on with it. Whatever sorrow was felt, there was no point in talking or brooding about it, much less in making, for form's sake, a parade of it. Better and healthier to forget it, and look to tomorrow. The celebrated British stiff upper lip, the resolve to conceal emotion which is not only embarrassing and useless, but harmful, is just plain commons sense

When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses before zebras.

three commonsense checks that a dog owner can use to differentiate between pain that is inflicted beneficially and that which turns into cruelty. Punishment, says Lindsay, that is unpredictable, uncontrollable, and inescapable is abuse.

By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter.

Doing what's best for our kids means restoring balance, commonsense and conservation to the management of our natural resources.

Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that I shouldn't grow dependent on anyone except myself. 'One of these days, I ain't gonna be here,' she kept hammering inside my head.

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

There's one thing my old man taught me and it's the best thing he taught me. It wasn't education at college or university – it was commonsense.

We have sunk to a depth in which re-statement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.

Sensible. I'd have done the same damn thing—er, were I not a bleeding-heart liberal. Not that I have a problem with commonsense gun ownership, friend, not at all! I just don't think I could do it. Point it. Pull the trigger. Turns my blood to water, the thought of it. I