No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.
At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at home, the decision to increase domestic energy exploration is integral to a balanced, common sense energy policy.
The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying – as common sense sometimes impels us to do – can be hazardous to your health.
I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense and animals, he was the smartest person I’ve ever met, before or since. He taught me that to touch an animal is an earned privilege. It’s not a right.
I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.
If elephants didn’t exist, you couldn’t invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sense.
Home Star is a common sense idea that would create jobs and provide a boost to local economies, while helping families afford their energy bills. By encouraging homeowners to invest in energy efficiency retrofits, Home Star would create 170,000 manufacturing and construction jobs that could not be outsourced to China.
I’m not stupid. I mean, I didn’t go to college but I’ve got a lot of common sense.
What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.
Well, I’m very stubborn. I think I have common sense; I’m probably at times a bit tunnel-visioned, but I’m strong.
America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans.
Remember common sense? Bring it back. Abolishing ICE, our main federal immigration enforcement agency, is a colossally stupid idea. Floating the possibility of impeaching Brett Kavanaugh, whose confirmation just jolted the GOP back out of its coma, is painfully dumb.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it’s common sense.
With a little bit of common sense, anything is achievable.
Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.
Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with matter in the water or the air.
I guess everyone’s had an experience when they felt overlooked, ditched, hurt or taken for granted. Where they felt like the only one behaving with common sense but still got the short end of the stick. We all feel like the odd one out at some point.
We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up.
Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it’s an illogical impulse that flies in the face of biology, psychology, actuarial statistics, and basic common sense.
I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don’t have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct.
With bullying and all the stuff going on, words are very important. Words can be more hurtful than anything physically. I got little kids, and it’s common sense when you’re raising them that the main thing is how you talk to people, and how you treat people. Sometimes I think the world forgets that as we get older.
Successful investing is all about common sense.
I constantly hear from residents throughout my community about the need for common sense action in Congress to reduce gun violence.
If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and ‘with malice toward none and charity for all’ go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail.
I don’t think that every single case of sexual harassment has to result in someone being fired; the consequences should vary. But we need a shift in culture so that every single instance of sexual harassment is investigated and dealt with. That’s just basic common sense.
I know a lot of celebrity types go for Kabbalah and Scientology. But why pay 10 per cent of your earnings to someone when it’s all common sense: treat others as you’d like to be treated yourself.
I follow science and common sense. Science says you should eat a variety of foods and eat more fruits and vegetables – I do that.
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.
Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It’s common sense, and it’s all good stuff.
Common sense often makes good law.
We believe that marriage, by its very definition, can exist only between a man and a woman. Moreover, study after study – not to mention common sense – show that children fare better in life when raised in a home with a loving father and mother in a stable, committed relationship.
The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there’s a tradition, but there’s also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the older generation and so on. But then that’s well blended into a happy balance and crystallised into common sense.
Without evidence, anything goes. Think about it. Common sense says the sun goes round the Earth. Who agrees with me?
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.
In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.
To make real progress in A.I., we have to overcome the big challenges in the area of common sense.
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.
Mostly, I think of myself as having great common sense. I’ve always been proud of that. Was I a terrific student? Absolutely not. But put me in a roomful of people, and I don’t think I’m ever going to embarrass myself.
I will continue to fight to secure our borders and implement common sense policies aimed at reducing violence and the flow of illegal narcotics, firearms, people, and money across our borders.
Common sense is the genius of humanity.
I talk common sense.
With age comes common sense and wisdom.
Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.
Government must become lean and efficient and customer friendly. It must begin to pay its bills. Liberals believe this is radical and cruel. The rest of us think it is common sense.
I know from firsthand experience that claims of non-existent voter fraud are used to raise fears, steamroll facts, and overcome common sense, resulting in laws that have nothing to do with ballot security and everything to do with voter suppression and discrimination.
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
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.
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
We will work to modify and remove some European parameters, but regarding the euro, I remain convinced that the single currency is destined to end: not because I want it but because the facts, common sense, and the real economy dictate it.
I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I think, and out of all that I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can.
Belief demands that you dispense with illusion after illusion, while contemporary common sense requires continual, fluffy pretending – pretending that might as well be systematic, it’s so thoroughly incentivised by our culture.
Improving our transportation infrastructure reduces car trips, helps us reach our carbon emission reduction goals, is healthier for our residents, and saves lives. Too often in the past we have been slow to make these common sense improvements to our streets.
If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they’ll generally stay out of trouble.
Common sense is very uncommon.
Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.
All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.
A great deal has been said about my commitment not to raise taxes. It’s a core value – it’s common sense – it’s important to keeping and growing jobs – and it’s mainstream!
Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It’s ill-formed and it’s perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L’Anarchie!
I’d fully taken the road many people start on, but most abandon: common sense had given me a miss, and I’d become an artist.
It’s not science; it’s common sense: it’s playing the right players in the right positions for the style of football you want to implement in a specific game.
