The calling of the humanities is to make us truly human in the best sense of the word.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

Everything I've ever thought about doing has been, in some sense, about helping people.

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

Common sense will always prevail. America will advance the agenda for the greatest minds.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.

Human progress has always been driven by a sense of adventure and unconventional thinking.

If you're wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor.

Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.

The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it.

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

Part of Customer Development is understanding which customers make sense for your business.

My personal decorating style is cozy, romantic and a little rustic, with a sense of whimsy.

There's a hidden Goth in me: I have a dark sense of humour; I have a dark sense of fashion.

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.

Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves.

I remember knowing, for a while, for a long time, that I was kind of abnormal in some sense.

In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.

It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces.

The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.

Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.

The sixth sense is at the core of our experiences. It is what makes experiences out of events.

I never learned all the things you're not supposed to do; I just do what makes the most sense.

Contrarian thinking doesn't make any sense unless the world still has secrets left to give up.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.

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