COMM0N SENSE
COMMON SENSE - 1
Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education. – Victor Hugo
Political correctness doesn’t change us, it shuts us up. – Glenn Beck
Never run around the barnyard barefooted. – Common sense
A test of maturity is your ability to delay pleasure. – Dave Ramsey
You can’t be brave if you’ve only had good things happen to you. – Mary Tyler Moore
You can’t catch a hard baseball in your mouth. – Joseph (age 10)
If you do nothing, how will you know when you’re finished? – Me, many times
I’ve learned that the best classroom in the world is at the foot of some elderly person. – Andy Rooney
It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop. – Confucius
Failure is assured by continually pushing on doors marked ‘pull.’ – Gary Pulliam
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationism had certainty without any proof. The idea is to die as late as possible. – Ashley Montagu
After three days men grow weary of a wench, a guest, and rainy weather. – Benjamin Franklin
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. – Alexander Pope
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for alifetime. – Lao Tzu
Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed for our prisons. – John Ruskin
Nothing in fine print is ever good news. – Andy Rooney
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. – Henry Ford
Never step in anything soft. – Unknown
If you’re riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there. – Will Rogers
Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin. – Grace Hansen
Never stand between a dog and a fire hydrant. – John Peers
“A national sales tax would collect revenue from citizens, aliens – Russell D. Longmore – A TAX POLICY FOR A NEW NATION
COMMON SENSE - 2
It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. – Bette Midler
If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice. – George Gobel
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. – Voltaire
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. – Victor Hugo
What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to the others. – Confucius
When you’re finished changing, you’re finished. – Benjamin Franklin
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. – Jonathan Winters
A word to the wise ain’t necessary—it’s the stupid ones who never take advice. – Bill Cosby
Running water purifies itself—stagnant water becomes distilled poison. – Gary Pulliam
Two things are infinite—the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not too sure about the universe. – Albert Einstein
‘They’ told us that, if we’d just be more generous with poor folks, there’d be no motive for stealing anymore. So we gave everyone a guaranteed income—and robbery, burglary, larceny and auto theft are running 15% ahead of a year ago. – Paul Harvey in the 1970’s
Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. – Theodore Roosevelt
No change of circumstance can change a defect in character. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
To believe in something and not live it is dishonest. – Mohandas Gandhi
No success in public life can compensate for failure in the home. – Benjamin Disraeli
You must floss your teeth, if you want to keep them. You must study the Bible with your children, if you want to keep them. – Joseph Siranko (District Overseer) of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. – Abraham Lincoln
Failure has a thousand explanations. Success doesn’t need one. – Alec Guiness
I’ve learned that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am. – Andy Rooney
Storms make trees take deeper roots. – Dolly Parton
If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. – Lewis Carroll
Doubt is the beginning of wisdom – M. Scott Peck
COMMON SENSE - 3
There is no harm in repeating a good thing. – Plato
The Lord gave us two ends—one to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most. – Ann Landers
You see things and you say, “Why?” But I dream things that never were, and I say, “Why not?” – George Bernard Shaw
The best place to have your dreams come true is to wake up. – Paul Valery
Procrastination is like a credit card. It’s a lot of fun until you get the bill. – Chris Parker
One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. – Andrew Gide
“Destiny never opens a door without shutting the other.” – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
And remember, no matter where you go, you are there. – Confucius
A house divided against itself cannot stand. – Abraham Lincoln
The squeaking wheel doesn’t always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced. – Vic Gold
Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone. – G. B. Stern
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wished we didn’t. – Erica Jong
When all else fails, follow directions. – Someone smart
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus
Fall down seven times—stand up eight. – Japanese proverb
The only way you can control how you are seen is by being honest all the time. –Tom Hanks
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however distant or far away. – Henry David Thoreau
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes everything is an emergency. – Natalie Goldberg
Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff. – Frank Zappa
Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. – Henry Ford
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view.” – Harper Lee – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
COMMON SENSE - 4
Science is not only compliant with spirituality—it’s a profound source of spirituality. – Carl Sagan
Success is always temporary. When it’s all said and done, the only thing you have left is your character. – Vince Gill
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to a teenager. – P. J. O’Rourke
I’ve never met an interesting person with a foul mouth. – Marilyn Von Savant
Praise is like champagne—it should be served while it is still bubbling. – ROBIN’S READER
Youth is not a time in life—it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. – Betty Pitzer
Don’t squat with your spurs on. – Will Rogers
Crisis is opportunity riding a dangerous wind. – Dennis Waitley
No one ever drowned in his own sweat. – Ann Landers
Things turn out best for those who make the best out of the way things turn out. – Art Linkletter
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them? – Abraham Lincoln
Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. – Garth Brooks
Every activity takes more time than you have. – Murphy’s Law on Life
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to ponder and reflect. – Mark Twain
Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. – Mohandas Gandhi
It’s better to aim at perfection and miss it than it is to aim at imperfection and hit it. – Thomas Watson
There is no exercise better than reaching down and lifting people up. – John Andrews Holmes
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Mistakes are the usual bridges between inexperience and wisdom. – Phyllis Therous
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. – Soren A. Kierkegaard
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt
COMMON SENSE - 5
It’s the little things in common that make relationships enjoyable, but it’s the little differences that make them interesting. – Todd Rothman
God will help you with the high cost of living—but He will not help you with the cost of living high. – Doug Larsen
“Dad used to say, ‘the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes.’” – James Stewart (Senator Jefferson Smith) – MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Do well and you will have no need for ancestors. – Voltaire
Good judgment comes from experience, and most experiences come from bad judgment. – Will Rogers
Every new possession loads us with a new weariness. – John Ruskin
Whether you think you can or think you can’t—you are right. – Henry Ford
“Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you not to.” – John Payne to Maureen O’Hara – MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET – Valentine Davies (Screenplay)
Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. – Alexander Hamilton
There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves. – Margaret Thatcher
Get some facts first. You can distrust them later. – Mark Twain
It’s not so much thar poverty breeds crime—crime breeds poverty! – Someone real smart
Whatever begins in anger ends in shame. – Winston Churchill
You can fool some of the people all of the time,and all of the people some of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time. – Abraham Lincoln
Mistakes are a fact of life—it’s the response to error that counts. – Nikki Giovanni
If a man neglects his education, he walks lame to the end of his life. – Plato
Go on failing. Go on. Only next time try to fail better. – Samuel Beckett
Different is not necessarily better, but better is always different. – Hugh Landrum
Bureaucracy is the art of making the impossible possible – Javier Pascual Salceeda
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. – German proverb
Hindsight is a 20/20 exact science. – Gary Pulliam (just kidding) – Anonymous
COMMON SENSE - 6
Feelings of worth can flourish in an atmosphere when individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexable—the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. – Virginia Satir
It has been my experience that folks with no vices have very few virtues. – Abraham Lincoln
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. – Aristotle
Wisdom is knowing what to do next—Skill is knowing how to do it. – Brilliant!
The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose. – Rick Sherman
“Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land.” – Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) to Julie (Hillary Swank) in THE NEXT KARATE KID
You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future. – Isak Dinesen
Politicians and diapers need to be changed often, and for the same reason. – Mark Twain
“There would be no need for deductions or filling out yearly tax forms. Hence, the Internal Revenue Service and all its complex tax stipulations would be abolished. All other taxes would thus be eliminated. No property tax, no personal property tax, estate tax, income tax, gift tax, capital gains, tariffs, duties, alternative minimum, use tax, Social Security, Medicare and self-employment taxes.”– Russell D. Longmire – A NEW TAX POLICY FOR A NEW NATION - (This sounds too reasonable to ever be adopted by government.)
A government is good when those near are happy and those far off are attracted. – Confucius – ANELECTS – (XIII:16)
Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals could believe them. – George Orwell
The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist-deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five. – Carl Sagan
Commonly held opinions are not held rationally. They are prejudiced until we are forced to defend them. – John Stuart Mill
Maturity is the art of living in peace with what we cannot change, the courage to change what we know should be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference. – Ann Landers
‘They’ told us that, if we’d relax, take our clothes off, and not get all uptight about it, that there would be no more sex crimes. So we let it all hang out—and the incidence of rape increased 10% in one year. – Paul Harvey
Contentment makes a poor man rich—Discontent makes a rich man poor -- Confucius
COMMON SENSE - 7
When atheists claim to be “offended” by the mere existence of silent prayer being allowed in the classroom, then all prayer is summarily censored in all schools, whether any atheists are present or not. These offended parties are never told to be more tolerant or to develop respect for the opinions of others. Any person of faith is routinely portrayed as old-fashioned or anti-intellectual. This a a sure sign of cultural collapse – Gary Pulliam
The one who loves least controls the relationship. – Unknown
Instead of building fancy shrines, why don’t these wealthy evangelists build temporary shelters for the homeless and job training centers for the unemployed? – Gary Pulliam
Too much self-centered attitude brings isolation. Result: loneliness fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering. – Delai Lama
