“When a man says that he is Jesus or Napoleon, or that the Martians are after him, or claims something else that seems outrageous to common sense, he is labeled psychotic and locked up in a madhouse. Freedom of speech is only for normal people.” PeopleMenSeemsJesusCommonSpeechNormalClaimsCommon SenseLockedFreedom Of SpeechOutrageousPsychoticLocked UpMartiansMadhouses Author:Thomas Szasz
“Looking at the Moonies from the normal, common-sense point of view, we certainly appear to be a bunch of crazy people!” PeopleViewsCommonCrazyNormalPoint Of ViewBunchCommon SenseCrazy People Author:Sun Myung Moon
“Outside of mathematics and logic, there are common sense truths, such as that it is snowing that normal observers, in a specified context can agree on, subject to vagueness considerations, and theoretical truths, such as that snow is crystallised water vapour, and maybe in-between truths.” WaterCommonSubjectsNormalLogicMathematicsAgreeSnowCommon SenseConsiderationObserversTheoreticalVaguenessVapour Author:Catherine Wilson
“There are periods of history when the visions of madmen and dope fiends are a better guide to reality than the common-sense interpretation of data available to the so-called normal mind. This is one such period, if you haven't noticed already.” IfsMindRealityCommonVisionHavensPeriodsNormalAvailableGuidesCommon SenseDataInterpretationMadmenDope Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven't learned enough to dismiss common sense.” StatesEnoughLastsCommonHavensDegreesNormalIndependentUniversityCommon SenseFrontiersSchooledPublic EducationUniversity DegreesSheltered Lives Author:Sarah Palin