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common-sense may sound
We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra. William Kingdon Clifford
common-sense prejudice common
The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind. William Hazlitt
common-sense novelists belief
A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence. W. Somerset Maugham
common-sense autism too-much
Sometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior. Temple Grandin
common-sense found grain
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense in any Jew. John Calvin
common-sense imagine mathematics
Do not imagine that mathematics is harsh and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherealisation of common sense. Lord Kelvin
common-sense sticks reason
Every foreign policy of every major nation involves reason, common sense, carrots and sticks. You can't have all carrots and no sticks. Fred Thompson
common-sense car alternatives
And I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel. Every act of energy conservation like this is more than just common sense-I tell you it is an act of patriotism. Jimmy Carter
common-sense substitutes resorts
We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
atheism world may
We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way. William Howard Taft
atheism positive-atheism
What can I hope when all is right? Voltaire
atheism today firsts
Today, the religion clauses of the First Amendment do not need to be fixed; they need to be followed. Walter F. Mondale
atheism malice preaching
The frightful engines of ecclesiastical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvinistical good-nature never failed to terrify me exceedingly whenever I thought of preaching. John Adams
atheism littles preference
To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage. James Randi
atheism positive-atheism infidel
I am an infidel. I know what an infidel is, and that's what I am. Luther Burbank
atheism use retorts
What is the use of assuring Fundamentalists that science is compatible with religion. They retort at once, Certainly not with our religion.
atheism savior positive-atheism
Science is the only savior.
atheism thrive
Atheism thrives on bad religion. Os Guinness
opaque want spirit
...though one can be callous in Ireland one cannot be wholly opaque or material. An unearthly disturbance works in the spirit; reason can never reconcile one to life; nothing allays the wants one cannot explain. Elizabeth Bowen