Common Sense Quotes and Sayings

“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.” – William James

“Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.” – Thomas Huxley

“Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.” – George Seaton

“Common sense is very uncommon.” – Horace Greeley

“That’s the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they’ve been all along.” -Madeleine L’Engle

“When unsure how to solve a problem, use your common sense.” – Catherine Pulsifer

“When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.” – Abraham Lincoln

“The truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.” – Thomas Huxley

“What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.” – Terence

“Common sense is the best sense I know of.” – Lord Chesterfield

“Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.” – An Wang

“Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.” – Rene Descartes