Sense Quotes

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?

Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense.

It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.

I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.

In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries.

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization.

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.

I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope.

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection.

If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.

As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred.

I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity.

No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.

The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

We have so much pride in welcoming these passengers onto the plane, and they have so much pride in travel. It's something that I definitely always remember, when I'm playing a scene on the plane, just to imbue everything with that sense of excitement.

The Fuhrer is always right. I sense it.

People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it.

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not a player in the true sense of the word.

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.