Dixie Lee Ray Quotes

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

... common sense is very rare.

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

Common sense is often underrated.

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

I always thought that common sense would prevail. But on a game show, there is no common sense.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

Common sense is not so common.

I think people got more common sense than people give 'em credit for.

We all have a limited amount of good judgment.

A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first.

In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail.

I'll trade glib for common sense any day.

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

Send a wise man and don't advise him. He should know what to do.

Wisdom ofttimes consists of knowing what to do next.

Intelligence divorced from judgment produces nothing but foolishness.