Sense Quotes

In the broad and sweeping sense which the use of the term generally implies, I am not a free-trader.

The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.

The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.

I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope.

Some things I think are very conservative, or very liberal. I think when someone falls into one category for everything, I'm very suspicious. It doesn't make sense to me that you'd have the same solution to every issue.

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it.

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from.

It depends on how it is done but what we are drifting into, which is that people grow up without any sense of a spiritual dimension to life, is just impoverishing.

I think for a lot of people that had seen me do 'Snabba Cash,' after watching 'The Killing,' I think they got a sense that I could do different kinds of characters.

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.

I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself.

Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers. This president, much as I like him, had all the opportunities in the world.

I can't say the advertising model is obsolete yet but it doesn't make a lot of sense in the long range.

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

The sense organs experience the external light, sound, etc. with difficulty; the different sense organs only have a so-called specific receptivity for particular stimuli.

Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being.

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

Ron Paul's crazy talk about the Federal Reserve makes more sense these days. Right now, every - all this debt issued by the United States people assume the Chinese are buying, no they don't want any more American debt. Ron Paul has a point there.

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

I guess it is the sense of personal satisfaction that racing gives you that I am probably going to miss, because in racing you get that feedback very quickly.

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

I'm girlie in the sense that I like makeup, but I also love sports and man food.

There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion.

Sense of humor is important in life, not just in clothing. How boring to live a life in beige.

What the Super Bowl did for us was give us a sense of urgency.