Common Sense Quotes

"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense." "Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it" "Common sense is not so common" "Something that everyone knows isn't worth anything." "It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently." "Don't cross a river if it is on average four feet deep" "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." "A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool." "Philosophy is common sense with big words." "By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out." "If stupidity got us in this mess, how come it can't get us out?" "The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd." "Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." "Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That’s just common sense!" "Common sense will tell us that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us is of all others the most improper to defend us" "A word to the wise ain't necessary it's the stupid ones who need the advice" "My common sense is tingling." "It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something" "It's remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid instead of trying to be very intelligent" "When in doubt don't"