“For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam's front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with nothing but a bit of faded muslin and a limp cravat? What is Creation without common sense, but a scandalous thing without form or function, like a matron with half a dozen unattached daughters? And God looked upon the Creation in all its delightful multiplicity, and saw that, all in all, it was quite Amiable.” FormOrderBitsImaginationCommonHalfSawsFrontsCreationDaughterFunctionCommon SenseAspirationDozenDelightfulFadedMultiplicityAmiableParlorScandalousDandy Author:Vera Nazarian
“So robots are good at very simple things like cleaning the floor, like doing a repetitive task. Our robots have a little tiny bit of common sense. Our robots know that if they've got something in their hand and they drop it, it's gone. They shouldn't go and try and put it down.” IfsKnowsTryingLittlesHandsBitsSimpleCommonGoneTasksTinyCommon SenseRobotsCleaningSimple ThingsRepetitive Author:Rodney Brooks
“I always go to the lowest common denominator for that ingredient. So if I think squash, I try to think what it means to me -- and if it doesn't mean anything to me, I'm not gonna do well when I cook it. So [squash] means to me: fall, maple syrup, cinnamon, and things just come into your head so you can narrow the vortex and make it a bit smaller and you go with something because there's no time.” IfsThinkingTryingWellsMeanFallBitsCommonCooksIngredientsLowestCommon DenominatorSquashVortexMapleSyrupCinnamonLowest Common DenominatorMaple Syrup Author:Geoffrey Zakarian
“Benedict (Cumberbatch, who is playing Sherlock) looks amazing. He's still got a Sherlockian silhouette, with a large overcoat, but in a classic cut. Watson dresses with an urban elegance, a touch of old school dashing, giving a feeling of both the military and medical profession. I suppose it's something they have in common as well. They're a bit metrosexual.” GivingWellsLooksStillsFeelingsSchoolBitsCommonCuttingMilitaryDressesProfessionMedicalClassicUrbanEleganceOld SchoolWatsonMedical ProfessionSilhouettesDashingOvercoatMetrosexuals Author:Martin Freeman
“We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves. It is like trying to pick up a pencil with only one finger...Even if that one finger is extremely strong, it will prove almost impossible to pick up that pencil unless you use your other fingers or some other part of your hand. Teamwork is a bit like using all of your fingers. Each one is unique and contributes something different, but they unite in pursuit of a common goal.” IfsTryingDifferentUseHandsWinningStrongBitsGoalCommonSituationImpossibleTeamProveUniquePicksFingersPursuitTeamworkPencilsCommon Goal Author:Terry Orlick
“The world could not long ignore a holy church. The church is not despised because it is holy: it is despised because it is not holy enough. There is not enough difference between the people inside the church and those outside to be impressive. A church in which saints were as common as now they are rare would convict the world, if only by contrast. Sanctity cannot be ignored. Even a little bit is potent. So far from the gates of hell prevailing against it, it hammers on their triple steel.” PeopleIfsWorldLittlesLongEnoughReligionBitsDifferencesChurchCommonHellHolyLittle BitSaintGatesContrastSteelIgnoredHammersImpressiveDespisedSanctityPrevailingConvictsGates Of Hell Author:Bill Vaughan
“my life has been wonderful. I have done what I felt like. I was given courage and I was given adventure and that has carried me along. And then also a sense of humor and a little bit of common sense. It has been a very rich life.” LittlesHas BeensDoneGivenFeltBitsCommonRichWonderfulAdventureGratitudeLittle BitCommon SenseSense Of HumorRich Life Author:Ingrid Bergman
“We chose to do this work mathematically, which has the advantage of precision but is not always appreciated by readers. It is perhaps for this reason that anthropologists have not shown much interest in these models, unlike economists, for example, for whom the use of mathematics poses no problem. However, one could reach the same conclusions by using just a bit of common sense.” ReasonUseProblemBitsInterestCommonExampleReaderModelsAdvantageMathematicsCommon SenseConclusionEconomistNo ProblemAppreciatedPrecisionAnthropologists Author:Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
“Most of the time is with the family. Most of the time, is all the time. When we work it's a very intensive chunk of time. We work for 12 hours a day, 14 hours a day is common. And we'll do that for a few months and then we get to relax a little bit.” LittlesBitsHoursCommonMonthsLittle BitRelaxWorking ItChunks Author:Brad Pitt