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Common-sense Quotes

"Common sense often makes good law."

"Common sense often makes good law."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

Common sense, Law

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"Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense."

"Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense."

David Deutsch, American Scientist

Common sense, Theories

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"There is nothing more uncommon than common sense."

"There is nothing more uncommon than common sense."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

Common sense, Nothing

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"I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate."

"I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate."

Vince McMahon, American Entertainer

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"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done."

"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

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"Common sense steps in here and says: Separate the parts you want to be mobile from the parts you want to be inert. You have seen the result, and I know many have the skill to apply it."

"Common sense steps in here and says: Separate the parts you want to be mobile from the parts you want to be inert. You have seen the result, and I know many have the skill to apply it."

Lawrence Hargrave, Australian Scientist

Common sense, Result, Skill, Want

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"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next."

"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Common sense, Philosophy

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"Common sense says that chairs and tables exist independently of whether anyone happens to perceive them or not."

"Common sense says that chairs and tables exist independently of whether anyone happens to perceive them or not."

Charles D. Broad, British Philosopher

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"Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants."

"Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants."

William Osler, Canadian Scientist

Common sense, Water

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"But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches."

"But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches."

William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist

Common sense, Custom, Facts, Myth

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"Have common sense and stick to the point."

"Have common sense and stick to the point."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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"We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra."

"We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra."

William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician

Common sense, May, Sound

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