“The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.” MadeCharacterLastsCommonNumbersHundredListsCommon SenseAttributesLast TimeNew YorkersHitchhikers Guide To The GalaxyHitchhikers Guide Book:Mostly Harmless Source: Mostly Harmless
“Democratic Rep. Charles Schumer of New York made a plea to Livingston, the incoming speaker. These new hearings, these new subpoenas wave a red flag that common sense and common wisdom are not welcome here, .. Mr. Livingston, this may be the first and most important task you will ever face as speaker. Lead us out of this abyss.” FirstsMayMadeImportantFacesCommonNew YorkRedTasksDemocraticWaveHearingCommon SenseWelcomeFlagsSpeakersAbyssRed FlagsSubpoenas Author:Charles Schumer
“Share your enthusiasm with the collector's enthusiasm for the work, and discover things together. Be nice and appreciative and at the same time give them the hint that you're a winner so they believe they've made a good investment. It's simple common sense.” GivingBelieveMadeTogetherSimpleCommonNiceShareInvestmentCommon SenseEnthusiasmWinnerBeing NiceHintsCollectorsAppreciative Author:Mark Kostabi
“His (Deschamps') complaint of court life was the same as is made of government at the top in any age: it was composed of hypocrisy, flattery, lying, paying and betraying; it was where calumny and cupidity reigned, common sense lacked, truth dared not appear, and where to survive one had to be deaf, blind, and dumb.” MadeGovernmentAgeLyingCommonBlindCourtCommon SenseDumbHypocrisyBetrayComplaintsFlatteryDeafCalumny Book:A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Source: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
“Common-sense is part of the home-made ideology of those who have been deprived of fundamental learning, of those who have been kept ignorant.” Has BeensMadeHomeCommonFundamentalsIgnorantCommon SenseIdeologyDeprived Book:A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor Source: A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor