#common sense

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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

— Seann William Scott

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Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important. ↗

— Steven Seagal

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Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher. ↗

— Dan Simmons

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I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after. ↗

— Cat Stevens

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What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense. ↗

— Terence

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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn't even allowed to board an airplane in this country can purchase as many real guns he wants with no questions asked. ↗

— Carolyn McCarthy

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Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul. ↗

— Catharine Beecher

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