Sense Quotes

No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.

Common sense is not really so common. The Art of Thinking: Port-Royal Logic

I'm not going to sing something if it doesn't make sense to me, or if it makes me look like I'm begging someone or I'm weak, because that's not me.

Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.

There is nothing so debilitating to a naturally weak sense of humor as selling tickets behind a grating.

Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

The world doesn't make sense until you force it to.

And with a little sense of humor we can say that there are Christian bats who prefer the shadows to the light of the presence of the Lord.

We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is not really who we are. It doesn't define us, it has no center.

Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense - adapting one-self to circumstances - and a sense of humor.

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

Ive had business sense since I was very young. I sold chicken eggs when I was six.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

The books that are really valuable are the books that evoke a sense of place.

Everybody thinks himself so well supplied with common sense that even those most difficult to please. . . never desire more of it than they already have.

whether you have training or not, the way to make your look make sense is to surround yourself with the things you love.

An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.

I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know.

Where's your sense of adventure? It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airtight alibi. -Captain Tagon & Captain Andreyasn

Young love is wild and outrageous, laughing at moderation and blinding us to common sense.

Common sense, the half-truths of a deceitful society, is honored as the honest truths of a frank world.

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.

One thing my family has shown me is that having a sense of humor is everything.

Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood.

The quiet sense of something lost

To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

Religion needs a baptism of horse sense.

Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike.

I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

The calling of the humanities is to make us truly human in the best sense of the word.

Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.

It's the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.

With our sense of self out of the the way we are liberated from doubt and insecurity.

Always take time to smell the flowers, and let it fill you with beauty, and rediscover that sense of wonder.

I suppose, yes, I've been guilty of provocation but it's also just common sense marketing - put a bottle of scent in a woman's cleavage, or between her thighs - and men will notice.

I think we're all born with a sense of humor. Creativity is another thing though.

Common sense is as rare as genius.

People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.

You can always tell somebody's sense of humor by if they like this movie or not.

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.

I tend to go for women with common sense. Being down to earth stands out more than looks.

Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that are happening to me as I grow older.

Evolution makes biology make sense. And if you don't teach your students the evolutionary core of biology, you're making it harder for them.

The editors are committed to nothing save this: to keep common sense as fast as they can, to belabor sham as agreeably as possible, to give civilized entertainment.

The first thing people lose on a diet is their sense of humor. Keep it fun. Keep it light.

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.

You don't have as much time as you think you do. You got to operate like there's a sense of urgency!