common Quotes

“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.”

“We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.”

“The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.”

“Common sense is the measure of the possible it is composed of experience and prevision it is calculation applied to life.”

“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”

“Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.”

“Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.”

“The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.”

“Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.”

“Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language.”