Sense Quotes

When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.

Misprize common sense at your peril is my motto.

My advice to the unborn is, don't be born with a gambling instinct unless you have a good sense of probabilities.

There is absolutely no common sense, it is common non-sense.

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.

My favorite, and the author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the awareness, the sense of self-deprecation. She is such a role model to me.

There is nothing a Man of good Sense dreads so much in a Wife, as her having more Sense than himself.

I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for life’s essential absurdity.

For the purposes of life and conduct, and society, a little good sense is surely better than all this genius, and a little good humour than this extreme sensibility.

My confidence is that there will for a long time be virtue and good sense enough in our countrymen to correct abuses.

Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself.

Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to your love.

I look upon paradoxes as the impotent efforts of men who, not having capacity to draw attention and celebrity from good sense, fly to eccentricities to make themselves noted.

There are two things in the world that can never get together- religion & common sense.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization.

By God's design, I believe our hearts and minds are shaped by Story. It's how we learn. It's how we make sense of the world. Characters, situations, moral consequences are all around us.

That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense!

Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor.

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.

Common sense is a phrase employed to denote that degree of intelligence, sagacity, and prudence which is common to all men.

Forgiveness happens naturally when you see that it has no purpose other than to strengthen a false sense of self, to keep the ego in place.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Most people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their own thoughts. They never go beyond a narrow, mind-made, personalized sense of self that is conditioned by the past.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Everything should be done with moderation and using common sense.

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

Art is not tame, and Nature is not wild, in the ordinary sense. A perfect work of man's art would also be wild or natural in a good sense.

Symbolic rearrangement of the past is of course an unavoidable aspect of all human attempts to make sense of the present.

Now this might disturb you, but I find I'm OK by myself; and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.

One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humor.

It's a completely reasonable diet -- heavy on fruits and vegetables and fresh, seasonal foods. I'm totally for it. It's common sense in a nice package.

So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a world for people and then later present a narrative in that world.

You're my best friend in the scene and together we can make sense of what's going on by being Together.

Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.

The need to eat, sleep and dry out plays havoc with your sense of wonder.

Ego synthesized is selfhood, the sense of self-importance, that you really matter ... nothing could be further from the truth.

It is a strange irony that the principles of science should seem to deny the necessary conviction of common sense.

Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace - and maybe even glory.

Every so often, let your spirit of adventure triumph over your good sense.

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.

I think a sense of humor is the emotional equivalent of a sense of realism. One should not take everything seriously, and everybody takes some things seriously.

A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised.

I'm not a doctor. I just have a tremendous amount of common sense.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.

The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my familys relationship with each other.

If you have the sense of participation in sports or athletics, of being a player, then you are not really into the Zen mind. In Zen mind there is no sense of self in the play.

I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.

Average people and the average community can change the world. You can do it just based on common sense, determination, persistence and patience.

You thank God [for your salvation] because "you do not attribute your repenting and believing to your own wisdom, or prudence, or sound judgment, or good sense.