#sense

She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing her to faint. Mom called it the vapors and said it was a sign of her high breeding and delicate nature. I thought it was a sign that the corset made it hard to breathe. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#common-sense #fashion #nonsense #victorian-era #nature

[D]as man die wahre Natur der Sinne nie verstanden hatte und dass sie wild und tierisch geblieben waren, nur weil die Welt versucht hatte, sie durch Aushungern zu bändigen und durch schmerzhaften Verzicht abzutöten, statt danach zu trachten, sie zu Elementen einer neuen Geistigkeit zu verwandeln, deren bezeichnendes Merkmal ein empfindsamer Sinn für die Schönheit sein sollte. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#virtue #nature

Natural rights, nonsense; natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense, elevated nonsense, nonsense going on stilts. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#nature

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#philosophy #science #sense-of-wonder #spirituality #science

Snyder: There are some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense. Giles: Well, actually, that would be one of the five. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#senses #humour

I’ll admit that my garden now grows hope in lavish profusion, leaving little room for anything else. I suppose it has squeezed out more practical plants like caution and common sense. Still, though, hope does not flourish in every garden, and I feel thankful it has taken root in mine. ↗

— Sharon Kay Penman

#hope #common-sense

1a) Never throw shit at an armed man. 1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man. ↗

— Larry Niven

#common-sense

Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter the personal cost. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#glenn-beck #common-sense

An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense. ↗

— Tasha Alexander

#common-sense

Stay in the boat, I told myself, watching them walk up to the pavilion. I'll just stay in the boat. I won't go anywhere near that creature. But in spite of that wise warning, I climbed out of the boat. Fine, stretch your legs, I told myself. Just don't follow them. But of course, I followed them. You are without question your own worst enemy, I scolded myself, even as I tiptoed after them. ↗

— Merrie Haskell

#curiousity #common-sense