"Common sense is not a simple thing. Instead, it is an immense society of hard-earned practical ideas - of multitudes of life-learned rules and exceptions, dispositions and tendencies, balances and checks."

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Source : Marvin Minsky (1988). “Society Of Mind”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

Marvin Minsky

#Simple Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Common Sense Quotes

“The CD is dedicated to our dog Nell, who passed away last year.”
“Marriage should not be a goal; it should be a choice. One choice available out of many recognized as valid by society. But it isn't. Not yet. Right now, as far as society is concerned, you are married or you are not yet married. And as that notion becomes further codified our freedom to make other choices steadily erodes.”
“I made the decision to keep putting one foot in front of the other, and looking back that was a really stupid decision”
“When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching. It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters,”

Source : "Stop Snitchin'". "60 Minutes" with Anderson Cooper, www.cbsnews.com. April 22, 2007.
“It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.”
“All these stuff she's done before - the rosary, the deep thoughts, the faux British accent. It's the same thing over and over. She's be so much better if she just retired, and I like Madonna.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.”
“I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second.”

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