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Common Sense Quotes
Short lines in praise of plain, practical reasoning.
Common sense is easy to expect and surprisingly rare in practice, whether the setting is a televised game show or an everyday disagreement. This page collects quotes that notice the gap between expecting sound judgment and actually seeing it. See also Best quotes for related themes.
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Common sense, proportionality, and judgment are the skills we must seek in those we choose to regulate our lives.
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Public policy is designed by spin doctors who aim to keep our heads below the water. The public good is not a consideration, and their self-serving agendas prevail over common sense.
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Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.
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Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
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It's just not a good idea to drink and drive; that is just common sense. But common sense is not that common!
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Much of what Karl Popper contributed to the philosophy of science has now passed into mainstream thought, into the currency of that nebulous, tricky ontology known as 'common sense.'
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Common sense suggests that if no one ever judged other people, there would be no real human community.
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My number 1 priority is common sense, because we don't see a lot of that in the state capitol.
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