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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
made wanton
Success hath made me wanton. Ben Jonson
made clear ifs
If I've made myself clear, I've misspoken. Alan Greenspan
made angle
Every angle that I looked at was somebody who I admired and was better than me. So it made me very afraid. Chris Bauer
made bigs
I'd like to have made one of those big splashy Technicolor musicals with Rita Hayworth. Cary Grant
made ache
It was all the things you could never understand and could never possess that made you ache. Deb Caletti
made
Rules, after all, are only made so you can work around them Chetan Bhagat
made
I just made pictures I would've liked to see. Billy Wilder
made print
I made friends with a lot of those who could have criticized me in print and who didn't, who praised me instead. Charles Kuralt
made obvious reader
Readers are made by readers - it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it. Aidan Chambers
theory
Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see painting. M. Wolfe
theory
The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.
theory therefore trivial
If string theory is a mistake, it's not a trivial mistake. It's a deep mistake and therefore kind of worthy. Lee Smolin
theory valid
A valid scientific theory is predictive, verifiable, and replicable. To me, that's beautiful. Dean Ornish
theory can-do
It is amazing how much theory we can do without when work actually begins. E. F. Schumacher
theory understood convinced
Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it. Chaim Weizmann
theory
Was Einstein's theory good? Relatively. Bo Burnham
theory
The classical theory of omniscient rationality is strikingly simple and beautiful.
theory observation
Observation always involves theory. Edwin Powell Hubble