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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
genius twelve percent
Twelve for 23... It doesn't take a genius to see that's under 50 percent. Dick Vitale
genius incompleteness genius-and-madness
The true genius shudders at incompleteness. Edgar Allan Poe
genius able
This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present. Deepak Chopra
genius fool
A Fool can become a Genius when he understands he is a Fool but. A Genius can become a Fool when he understands he is a Genius. Abdul Kalam
genius slave distinction
Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman. Abraham Lincoln
genius irish-poet
To see things in the seed, that is genius. Lao Tzu
geniuses good
Australians are geniuses with a good sense of humour. Fred Schneider
genius
Genius is the talent for seeing things straight. Maude Adams
genius want
These are the times when a genius wants to live. Abigail Adams
comedy female great humor type women writers
One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots. Mallory Ortberg
comedy english-author life tragedy
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. Horace Walpole
comedy life tragedy
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
comedy entire industry maybe
Maybe we will, and we'll take the entire comedy industry with us. Dave Foley
comedy faith hit
One hit can get the audience's faith back that a comedy can be good,
comedy marx popular quitting surprised
(My father) he would be surprised to know he was still popular today, ... He told me, when he was quitting the Marx Brothers, (that) their kind of comedy was old-fashioned. Arthur Marx
comedy dazzling translate truthful
One of the attractions of translating 'Heroes' is that it's not the kind of play that I write. If it had been, I probably wouldn't have wanted to translate it. There are no one-liners. It's much more a truthful comedy than a play of dazzling wit. Tom Stoppard
comedy
There aren't many pratfalls in comedy anymore. Dick Van Dyke
comedy control learnt michael stage
I did comedy Francaise acting. When I was in a play with Michael Redgrave, I learnt to take the stage and have control of what I was doing. Diane Cilento