Book Smart Vs Common Sense Quotes

#1. Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world , individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever. (Wakefield)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

#2. The sooner and more passionately you get married to this idea- that it is ultimately entirely up to you- the better off you'll be.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#3. I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose an attitude of confidence.

Richard DeVos

#4. Cling, swing, Spring, sing, Swing up into the apple tree.

T. S. Eliot

#5. I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are different from yours. Of course, I don't think they believe that. It's just an argument that's made when you can't confront the truth and facts. They really want to maintain power.

Ai Weiwei

#6. Sometimes we spend way too much time questioning the gifts we're given instead of being thankful for them.

Elisabeth Naughton

#7. The one thing life has taught me is that most people spend their lives bottled up inside their houses doing the things they hate.

Federico Garcia Lorca

#8. The Empire is a thug, a bully. It's no better than Surat Nuat, or Black Sun, or the syndicate of Hutts. The Empire pretends it's about law and order, but at the end of the day, it's about dressing up oppression in the costume of justice.

Chuck Wendig

#9. I went to school, I went to college. I know how to read. Even though I lack common sense sometimes, I am book smart.

Nicole Polizzi

#10. I don't have any bone to pick with critics. In fact, if I wasn't a filmmaker I would probably be a film critic. Most of my bone is I would be a better film critic than most of the film critics I read.

Quentin Tarantino

#11. Many in local government will ask why should only a few areas have the freedoms and benefits of Enterprise Zone status while the majority lose out?

Andy Sawford

#12. Nothing ever becomes real 'til it is experienced.

John Keats

#13. With dedication towards a destination and some perspiration one gets their heartfelt realization.

Mark Victor Hansen

#14. I have no desire to spend my life dancing backward.

Tami Hoag