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common-sense simplicity sublime
Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. Alfred Lord Tennyson
common-sense age layers
Common sense consists of those layers of prejudice laid down before the age of 18. Albert Einstein
common-sense half fine
Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense. Alexander Pope
common-sense intuition earth
Common sense is merely unaided intuition, and unaided intuition is reasoning performed in the absense of instruments and the tested knowledge of science. Common sense tells us that massive satellites cannot hang suspended 36,000 kilometers above the one point on the earth's surface, but they do... E. O. Wilson
common-sense trying heroic
Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind. Dorothy Day
common-sense way humans
There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings. Dalai Lama
common-sense body lines
The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health. Andrew Weil
common-sense giving kind
What kind of bank gives back 65 percent-often less-of what you deposit? Indeed, when you compare the services of a bank and an insurance company, common sense suggests something is out of whack. Andrew Tobias
common-sense prejudice sound-judgment
Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they are, or at any rate, without the distortion of prejudice, and reasons from them in accordance with the dictates of sound judgment. And science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Thomas Huxley
simplicity value
I value simplicity over everything; I always look for simplicity. Anders Hejlsberg
simplicity consistency complicated
History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency. Jared Diamond
simplicity gadgets brilliant
What is so brilliant about the gadgets is their simplicity. Desmond Llewelyn
simplicity nouns verbs
One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb. Edward Sapir
simplicity priorities anxiety
Look carefully through all the claims pressing upon you in your complicated life, and decide once and for all what it is that is the one really important and overmastering duty in it, and should be the one dominating aim. Then remember that if you succeed in that, the others, so multifarious, are really no more than the fringe of the garment, and that you need not spend so much anxiety over them, provided that the one most important is faithfully attended to. Anna C. Brackett
simplicity complexity
Simplicity is complexity resolved Constantin Brancusi
simplicity failing grows
Whatever's merely willful, and not miraculous (be never it so skilful) must wither fail and cease - but better than to grow beauty knows no. e. e. cummings
simplicity style beginners
The beginner should approach style warily, realizing that it is himself he is approaching, no other; and he should begin by turning resolutely away from all devices that are popularly believed to indicate style - all mannerisms, tricks, adornments. The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity. E. B. White
simplicity needs complicated
Wherever there's capitalism there's this inclination toward simplicity. There's also a human need to process complicated things by turning them into something else. Aleksandar Hemon
sublime treasure poverty
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty. Francis of Assisi