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common-sense atheism opaque
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense. Edward Abbey
common-sense get-better care
If the grass is greener on the other side it`s probably getting better care. Success is a matter of sticking to a set of common sense principles anyone can master. Earl Nightingale
common-sense people atmosphere
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. Samuel Butler
common-sense pieces furniture
Science is an excellent piece of furniture to have in the second story, providing that you have common sense on the ground floor. Alan Chadwick
common-sense use logic
There's only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that's common sense. Alan Cooper
common-sense common theory
Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense. David Deutsch
common-sense humanity sound-judgment
The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly abolished. Catherine the Great
common-sense novelty admiration
If refined sense, and exalted sense, be not so useful as common sense, their rarity, their novelty, and the nobleness of their objects, make some compensation, and render them the admiration of mankind. David Hume
common-sense people demand
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. Its not viewed as a serious continent. Its a place of strange, bizarre and illogical things, where people dont do what common sense demands. Chinua Achebe
brains brick call edifice eventual guess myriad sentence store style whenever
Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence and like it, we unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; and it goes, with the myriad of its fellows, to the building, brick by brick, of the eventual edifice which we call our style Mark Twain
brains consist consists facts flowing forever life mainly storm
Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through one's head.
brain brains lee
Lee was first thought to have a brain tumor. Cheryl Peters
brain breakfast complaints-and-complaining eaten gave hours ill thirteen took walked
Maurice walked into that place complaining of a stomachache. He had eaten breakfast and hadn't been ill the day before that. They took one x-ray, gave him a painkiller... That was 4 p.m. Thirteen hours later, he was brain dead. Robin Gibb
brain iron men parallel
Men have more iron in the brain in parallel to women.
brain community eventually health mental public separate state
Mental health has traditionally been the stepchild of the health arena. You wouldn't even find it in the public health arena; it would be shunted off to asylums and then state institutions and then eventually community mental health centers. We always want to separate the brain from the body.
brain burning confront dead existence failure feelings fills longing name none produces realize scar shame tissue touch truth unable weak
My feelings for you shame me into silence. The truth of this and your name will never be revealed. It is you who has made me realize the failure of my life. The thought of you fills me with longing and at the same time, a burning humiliation that produces scar tissue and dead brain cells. Your existence mocks me and I am unable to confront this. You have no idea of any of this. None of this is your fault. It is completely with me. It is you who makes me see what I really am. I am weak and out of touch with myself. Henry Rollins
brains college dissect fly fruit lab summer worked
My first summer in college I worked in a fruit fly lab where I had two jobs: dissect the fruit fly larvae brains and incinerate the old tubes of flies. Emily Oster
brain brains chamber material
One need not be a chamber to be haunted; / One need not be a house; /The brain has corridors surpassing / Material place. Emily Dickinson
important attention enough
I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important. Diane Lane
important becoming becoming-more
Family is becoming more and more important to me. Diane Kruger
important bells labs
Some consider UNIX to be the second most important invention to come out of AT&T Bell Labs after the transistor. Dennis Ritchie
important president done
Hillary Clinton is unworthy of being the President of the United States; she has done nothing important that is good Dennis Prager
important want figures
Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it Dennis Eckersley
important happy-marriage
I've got a happy marriage, which is the most important singular thing. Denis Healey
important tools stones
Zeroes are important. A million seconds ago was last week. A billion seconds ago, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. A trillion seconds ago was 30,000 BC, and early humans were using stone tools. Denis Hayes
important weight may
In general, losing weight is a good thing for those who are overweight, but it's important to lose weight in a way that enhances your health rather than one that may compromise it. Dean Ornish
important want waste
I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time. Dean Kamen