Quotes about Sense

In the strict sense I would not call him a writer at all. (...) Crabbin said, He was just a popular entertainer. Why the hell not? Martins said fiercely. Oh well, I merely meant... What was Shakespeare?

Making money is a common sense. It's not rocket science. But unfortunately, when it comes to money, common sense is uncommon.

How long does it take your soul to realize that your life is full? The slower the living, the greater the sense of fullness and satisfaction.

Furthermore, even a deep, penetrating sense of our sinfulness does not do justice to the reality of our predicament. Our need is not to be measured by our own sense of need, but by what God had to do to meet that need.

To the degree that we live with an abiding sense of His love for us in Christ, to that degree will we love God with all our heart and soul and mind.

Where do the noses go? I always wondered where the noses would go.

Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting…. Read it a hundred times; it will forever keep its freshness as a metal keeps its fragrance. It can never lose its sense of a meaning that once unfolded by surprise as it went.

The world's going a little berserk. Too much greed and not enough good sense.

So if someone were to say he was God, that wouldn't have made any sense to them and would have been seen as clear-cut blasphemy. And it would have been counterproductive to Jesus in his efforts to get people to listen to his message.

It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.

In the highest sense the Bible is to us the unique repository of eternal spiritual truths.

The trouble with fiction, said John Rivers, is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.