The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work Stick-to-itiveness and Common sense.

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings I now with a high sense of gratitude presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty the Creator and Preserver.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare social justice can never be attained.

If indeed a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes and yet the government of course is arming criminals.

Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot therefore maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems and if only we had no government we'd have no problems. I can tell you that contradicts evidence history and common sense.

By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms we will make our government simpler smaller and smarter.

The universe never did make sense I suspect it was built on government contract.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

I like a man who can be a real friend has a good sense of humor a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.

Hope is a state of mind not of the world. Hope in this deep and powerful sense is not the same as joy that things are going well or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

Like every man of sense and good feeling I abominate work.

We seldom find any person of good sense except those who share our opinions.

The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.

This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest logic loses. So expect more meaningless if not harmful 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

I met Woz when I was 13 at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was like the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends because we shared an interest in computer and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together.

I am confident that in the end common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story you get to see the good people live happily ever after.