Quotes About Sense

There was also substantial sentiment at the meeting in favor of holding our fire until we had a better sense of how the Lehman situation would play out.

Still, in the interest of good planning, I thought it made sense for the FOMC to discuss and agree on the mechanics of normalizing policy. And

Unfortunately, institutional barriers and operational complexities sometimes prevented loan modifications that would otherwise make sense.

But there can be little doubt he identified and spoke to a deep sense of popular dissatisfaction.

It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails.

Persons of good sense, I have since observed, seldom fall into disputation, except lawyers, university men, and men of all sorts that have been bred at Edinburgh.

For want of modesty is want of sense.

Persons of good sense, I have since observed, seldom fall into it, except lawyers, university men, and men of all sorts that have been bred at Edinborough.

Mirth pleaseth some, to others 'tis offence, Some commend plain conceit, some profound sense; Somew ish a witty Jest, some dislike that, And most would have themselves they know not what. Then he that would please all, and himself too, Takes more in hand than he is like to do.

Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of modesty is want of sense.

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

If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely.

The Free Body Culture gave me a gift I might never have received had I refused to play along. It left me with an acute sense of the absurd - one I still cherish - to be there among my fellow apes, awkward and less than half-willing, aiming and missing, leaping, landing and wincing.

'Freedom' means a lot to conservatives, but they have such a narrow sense of what it means. They think a lot about freedom from - freedom from government, freedom from regulation - and precious little about freedom to. Freedom to is absolutely something that has to be safeguarded by good government, just as it could be impaired by bad government.

We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.

Good television people have a sense of what television people relate to.

It's amazing how much the sense of telling a story with a beginning, middle, and end helps me to relax. I find that the mass of stories that one is subjected to living one's life is otherwise overwhelming.

In my work, I'm called to a job at the drop of a hat, so I like a sense of order to my holidays, and holding a map makes me happy.

At school, I was never given a sense that poetry was something flowery or light. It's a complex and controlled way of using language. Rhythms and the music of it are very important. But the difficulty is that poetry makes some kind of claim of honesty.

For us to keep claiming this isn't Hip Hop and that isn't Hip Hop doesn't make sense to me.

Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are watching a movie. And hopefully, if we did get our jobs right, that sense disappears when you watch this movie.

I just really like Houston despite its craziness. There is a sense of energy and a kind of excitement, 'We're going places and God knows what'll happen next.' It's very interesting. It's very exciting.

You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.

I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.