"Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us."

-- Thomas Paine

#Common Sense Quotes #Common Quotes

“It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.”

Source : Diane Ackerman (2011). “A Natural History of the Senses”, p.309, Vintage
“As human beings, we have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces.”
“What's scary is that Donald Trump has his own sordid history when it comes to discrimination - in housing, in particular.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“Your pain could be God prying open your life and heart to remove a gift of His that you've been on to more dearly than Him.”
“This silent cry is of ecstasy for what has been done, and of despair at being forestalled, and being thus forewarned, that neither This Year nor Next Year am I to have the ability and wisdom to light the lamp on my own. Although one branch of childhood is in this fashion lopped for all time, the rest of it still inhabits the body of a child which occupies itself in childish matters.”
“Brazil is in a solid position. In the past, if the United States sneezed, we caught pneumonia. Today, if the United States sneezes, we sneeze too.”

Source : Interview with Richard Lapper and Jonathan Wheatley, www.ft.com. July 11, 2006.
“I can't even find someone for a platonic relationship, much less the kind where someone wants to see me naked.”
“The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.”

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