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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
car able environment
I had never been able to get a car that said how much I cared about the environment until I drove electric. Alexandra Paul
car boycott angry
When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989, I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car, Boycott Exxon!
car driving-cars big-cars
The cars we drive say a lot about us.
carnegie front
You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall. Itzhak Perlman
carrying man people
People expect someone with the name 'Israel Horovitz' to be a little old man with sideburns carrying a Torah. Israel Horovitz
car displace journeys leads local public replace shops suburban
Suburban sprawl leads to social atomisation and fragmentation and is environmentally disastrous, as carbon-intensive car journeys displace local shops and replace public transport. Richard Rogers
carbon foot less people public
If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport.
carry close dumb efficient figured forgot tells theirs turn
If I get stuck, I look at a book that tells me how someone else did it. I turn the pages, and then I say, 'Oh, I forgot that bit,' then close the book and carry on. Finally, after you've figured out how to do it, you read how they did it and find out how dumb your solution is and how much more clever and efficient theirs is! Richard P. Feynman
carrie entire life met talented
I think Carrie Preston is one of the most talented actresses I've ever met in my entire life. I've seen her do a lot of other things, and she's fantastic. Robert Kazinsky
alternatives sin dies
If you will not have death unto sin, you shall have sin unto death. There is no alternative. If you do not die to sin, you shall die for sin. If you do not slay sin, sin will slay you. Charles Spurgeon
alternatives world way
India is a reservoir of alternative interpretations of what the global is, and these ways of viewing the world need to be exposed. Bruno Latour
alternatives matter investment
If youve got an industry where youve got massive investment, it doesnt matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money on that industry. Arthur Scargill
alternatives development fuel
We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel. Bobby Jindal
alternatives classic cult
A cult classic is one that has been fully embraced by an alternative audience, not the popular audience. Bruce Campbell
alternatives hierarchy type
Of course, there's a certain type of person who feels that anything which becomes mainstream has to be rejected immediately. And that's part of the indie-alternative snobbery and hierarchy and elitism. Alex Kapranos
alternatives outcomes pathways
Humans arose ... as a fortuitous and contingent outcome of thousands of linked events, any one of which could have occurred differently and sent history on an alternative pathway that would not have led to consciousness. Stephen Jay Gould
alternatives enough used
I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative. David Levithan
alternatives exhausted humans
Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives Abba Eban