"Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time."

-- Bertrand Russell

#Common Sense Quotes #Trying Quotes #Common Quotes

“Silence is a strange thing to us who live: we desire it, we fear it, we worship it, we hate it. There is a divinity about cats, as long as they are silent: the silence of swans gives them an air of legend.”

Source : Keith Douglas (2014). “Alamein to Zem Zem”, p.18, Faber & Faber
“What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm not going to go home and drink rat urine.”
“A lot of times, women don't get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they're not really dealing well.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!”
“I started my own foundation. If you aren't familiar with it, it's called 'Febreezing the homeless.' Who would you rather give money to: a man that smells 4like liquiid garbage, or ocean breeze?”
“And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.”
“Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen.”

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