common sense

The chief enemy of creativity is common sense.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Believe nothing.
No matter where you read it,
Or who said it,
Even if I have said it,
Unless it agrees with your own reason
And your own common sense.

The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our democracy.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

Common sense is not so common.

The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.

Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.

The one thing you cannot teach a person is common sense.

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.