Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Genius Quotes

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

My mind to me a kingdom is; Such present joys therein I find that it...

My mind to me a kingdom is; Such present joys therein I find that it...