Maybe the problem was that we never struggled. We just coasted along. The thing about coasting is that it usually means you're going downhill.
Molly HarperTag: common-sense
I would rather carry around a plastic bag with five thousand Euro inside, than carry around a Louis Vuitton/Gucci/Prada bag with only one hundred Euro inside!
C. JoyBell C.Tag: wisdom life money living common-sense wisdom-quote fashion-quotes women-and-fashion
It’s not that blue-collar philosophy is misunderstood, it’s that blue-collar philosophy shouldn’t exist in the first place. The ultimate question is not the justification of ones existence when your belly screams for sustenance? People are hungry god damn it!
Mick LexingtonTag: common-sense
She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing her to faint. Mom called it the vapors and said it was a sign of her high breeding and delicate nature. I thought it was a sign that the corset made it hard to breathe.
Jeannette WallsTag: fashion common-sense nonsense breeding victorian-era
The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if you had a strong man willing to step up and get things done, and between Dad's gimp, Buster's elaborate excuses, and Apache's tendency to disappear, it was often up to me to keep the place from falling apart. But even when everyone was pitching in, we never got out from under all the work. I loved that ranch, though sometimes it did seem that instead of us owning the place, the place owned us.
Jeannette WallsTag: work mother common-sense battle-of-the-sexes daughter farming ranch
When we use these words and we talk about plants having a strategy to do this or wanting this or desiring this, we’re being metaphorical obviously. I mean, plants do not have consciousness. But, this is a fault of our own vocabulary. We don’t have a very good vocabulary to describe what others species do to us, because we think we’re the only species that really does anything.
Michael PollanTag: diet health common-sense sustainability nutrition green
Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions.
M.M. KayeTag: wisdom advice common-sense m-m-kaye
It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.
E.A. BucchianeriTag: wisdom gold curiosity human-nature proverbs common-sense greed faults sad-but-true catholic-author avarice riches gadfly wise-sayings deadly-sins greediness greedy-people mammon
Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.
Ludwig von MisesTag: common-sense hard-work directional
Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience.
Edward AbbeyTag: religion common-sense experiences
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