Zitat des Tages über Gesunder Menschenverstand / Common Sense:
Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.
But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind.
Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.
Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want - an honest party dedicated to common sense, fiscal responsibility and limited government. If we govern to save the country, we'll do well as a party.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
I tend to go for women with common sense. Being down to earth stands out more than looks.
My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop.
Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie!
What man or woman of common sense now doubts the intellectual capacity of colored people? Who does not know, that with all our efforts as a nation to crush and annihilate the mind of this portion of our race, we have never yet been able to do it.
Work hard, use your common sense and don't be afraid to trust your instincts.
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
Common sense will always prevail. America will advance the agenda for the greatest minds.
We are a nation of laws, and we should live by the rule of law. And sometimes we should have a little bit of 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.
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.
I see the great continuities in New Zealand history as being decency and common sense and up until now when we've confronted these things we've been able to talk them through, and I'm sure we will with this issue as well.
Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
We all run the risk of thinking that people have common sense sometimes.
What everybody forgets is that when I was a journalist in Britain and in the United States, I was always a Canadian. And the price of expatriation does not go down, it goes up. I never felt part of the political common sense of Britain. I never felt it in the United States. I had no natural home in Britain and the U.S.
It defies all common sense to send that roughneck ward politician back to the White House.
Just like navigating in the open sea, triangulating the information you collect from media with your doctor's advice and some common sense will help map a sound path to safety.
Common sense says that chairs and tables exist independently of whether anyone happens to perceive them or not.
You win football games by first getting possession and then running 3- and 5-yard plays. Not by Hail Mary passes. Common sense, elbow grease, and keeping a positive attitude.
Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.
The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.
Every one of you is a super genius if you just focus your common sense.
Long before gun control was touted as 'common sense' measures, the concept was promoted as a means to keep ethnic populations in an unequal position while assuaging the fears of whites.
It is past time for Democrats and Republicans to join together to create a bipartisan coalition for courage and common sense.
If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.
I look forward to working with the NRA to come up with ways in which we can use common sense approaches to reduce the level of violence that we see - in our streets, and make the American people as safe as they possibly can be.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.