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Quotes About Sense

A suspicious person is the rival of him that deceives, both seem to practice a knowledge of cunning device, and equable sense of disengenuous merit.
~ Norm MacDonald
The practice of our democracy depends on a sense of, and knowledge of, history in the same way that playing in the World Series requires a bat and a ball.
~ Lewis H. Lapham
She walked in the shadow of Rango with a great feeling of being taken out of herself, of having no knowledge of what was happening to her, merely a pervading sense of flow.
~ Anais Nin
Everybody gets so much common information all day long that they lose their common sense.
~ Gertrude Stein
Was this an old disease, and, if so, which one? If it was new, what did that say about the state of medical knowledge? And in any case, how could physicians make sense of it?
~ Peter Lewis Allen
Intuition: the feeling you know something when you know nothing.
~ Marty Rubin
Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam... These events, tragic as they are, portend neither the end of the world nor of America's leadership in the world.
~ Gerald R. Ford
Francis Ford Coppola is completely unconventional. He has a strong sense of loyalty. Great eyes. It's a diabolical undertaking in terms of organization and leadership.
~ Tom Waits
Look, Americans will go for leadership that makes sense. Our job, you know, as public officials, is not to put our finger in the air. Our job is to listen, and then lead.
~ Barack Obama
You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.
~ Moliere
Not that it was beautiful, but that, in the end, there was a certain sense of order there; something worth learning in that narrow diary of my mind
~ Anne Sexton
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
~ Mark Twain
In both children and adults, there can be a hard-to-deny link between a robust sense of hope and either work productivity or academic achievement.
~ Jeffrey Kluger
Since the war, little in the world makes sense and once you see part of it that way, all else follows.
~ Jeffrey Lent
I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first I think he is a real artist, and I also think he's got an amazing sense of humor.
~ Jemima Kirke
People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need stories, we will need books.
~ Jennifer Chiaverini
It makes perfect sense—Hawthorne sense.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
the good sense to fortify himself with the things of the flesh for the struggles of the spirit.
~ Ellis Peters
It was a feeling Raylan had, so it didn't have to make sense. At least not right away. The thing to do was let his mind work on it while he wasn't looking.
~ Elmore Leonard
Very well, sir. A woman's opinion, however humble she may be, is always worth listening to, if she's got any sense...If you put yourself in my hands, I shall certainly make a decent man of you.
~ Émile Zola
Much Madness Is Divinest Sense Much Madness is divinest Sense — To a discerning Eye — Much Sense — the starkest Madness — 'Tis the Majority In this, as All, prevail — Assent — and you are sane — Demur — you're straightway dangerous — And handled with a Chain —
~ Emily Dickinson
Much Madness is Divinest Sense, to a Discerning Eye....
~ Emily Dickinson
Much Madness is divinest Sense - To a discerning Eye - Much Sense - the starkest Madness -
~ Emily Dickinson
Much madness is divinest sense To a discerning eye; Much sense the starkest madness. 'T is the majority In this, as all, prevails. Assent, and you are sane; Demur, — you're straightway dangerous, And handled with a chain.
~ Emily Dickinson