On Common Sense:
Common sense isn't.
Corollary: Uncommon sense is.
KALIFER DEIL It is kind of a preseason game for them to make a couple of pit stops and if you have a mistake, it'...
ALAN GUSTAFSON It is a little bit of a disadvantage not running it, not testing it, but it is not like we don't kno...
ALAN GUSTAFSON I look at it as a preparation for the 500. Time for him to get some experience, time for us to make ...
ALAN GUSTAFSON There's a lot of evaluation going on there with air-fuel mixtures, oil pressures, engine temperature...
ALAN GUSTAFSON In order to make that playoff in September, or even to make the top-10, you have to finish races. La...
ALAN GUSTAFSON Around lap 80 or 100 was the first time we led, and I thought we were looking pretty good.
ALAN GUSTAFSON It's huge. I mean, it's the biggest win of my life.
ALAN GUSTAFSON Kyle Busch drove his heart out. We really wanted to get Kyle the youngest win on record and we just ...
ALAN GUSTAFSON We really wanted to win the race for Kyle. Our first win is unbelievable.
ALAN GUSTAFSON We had been gunning for the youngest winner record all year and this was our last chance.
ALAN GUSTAFSON The abundance of cheap food with low nutritional value in the Western diet has wreaked havoc on our ...
ELLEN GUSTAFSON If I could say one good thing about Katrina, it brought in a lot of volunteers.
DIANA GUSTAFSON As an anti-hunger advocate, I found the perplexity of the obesity problem and the hunger problem exi...
ELLEN GUSTAFSON We're a good place for people to go to until things settle down.
DIANA GUSTAFSON We all work really closely together.
DIANA GUSTAFSON We'd much rather educate and prepare for disaster than have to respond to it. But I really do feel t...
DIANA GUSTAFSON We could do it (set up shelter) in half an hour, if necessary.
DIANA GUSTAFSON When (Dobie) came by my house to recruit me, it was more just him hanging out with my dad than talki...
ERIK GUSTAFSON The way we play it and the way I think all investors should play it is by taking opportunities when ...
ERIK GUSTAFSON We've done some host robots that went around and served food. You could easily do that at a tailgati...
DAVID GUSTAFSON but not with my robots.
DAVID GUSTAFSON Anything that was warm, it went over and offered food to. It could have worked outdoors fine. We've ...
DAVID GUSTAFSON Once you start thinking about where your products come from and what they 'do,' that's g...
ELLEN GUSTAFSON I was studying International Relations at Columbia when 9/11 happened, and it made me want understan...
ELLEN GUSTAFSON Every single person who has ever walked down the street with a FEED bag has purchased it. I think th...
ELLEN GUSTAFSON Maybe we need to re-engage our smart, energetic youth around the world to be farmers and find fresh,...
ELLEN GUSTAFSON We've definitely re-established our philosophy. We're going to go with player development and scouti...
MARC GUSTAFSON You don't have to worry about slumps with him because he can always bunt to get on base.
MARC GUSTAFSON He looks good. He's changed his body. He's a baseball player, first and foremost. He's not too big; ...
MARC GUSTAFSON He's a leader. He's not afraid to go out to the mound and talk to the pitcher, settle him down if ne...
MARC GUSTAFSON He has the mentality. He's been a closer his entire career, and nothing affects him a whole lot. But...
MARC GUSTAFSON The guys that are here have the same pitches. It's not as if they're adding new quirks or new pitche...
MARC GUSTAFSON Defensively, he's a Major League second baseman, so that's not an issue. We know [the offense] is in...
MARC GUSTAFSON The injury, obviously, is not something you plan for and it's not something he'd plan for. It was a ...
MARC GUSTAFSON There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
O. HENRY You have to open up on stage.
KAREN O I was a complete outsider in high school.
KAREN O My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of k...
KAREN O Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.
KAREN O Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
KAREN O Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so ...
KAREN O I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
KAREN O I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them.
KAREN O Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems fro...
KAREN O I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.
KAREN O Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when...
KAREN O I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and...
KAREN O I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint ...
KAREN O Sophomore records are historically really difficult.
KAREN O I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore.
KAREN O For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
KAREN O I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of so...
KAREN O I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
KAREN O By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
O. HENRY The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he trave...
O. HENRY I never have time to read now. I did all my reading before I was twenty.
O. HENRY It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
O. HENRY It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.
O. HENRY Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn...
O. HENRY East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of peopl...
O. HENRY When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.
O. HENRY Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
O. HENRY By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.
O. HENRY It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.
O. HENRY If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
O. HENRY I have been called 'The American De Maupassant.' Well, I never wrote a filthy word in my lif...
O. HENRY She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim owner...
O. HENRY Write what you like; there is no other rule.
O. HENRY I guess I just always imagined that I was going to die, like, somehow on top. I was going to, like, ...
STEVE-O What else can you expect from a town that's shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New...
O. HENRY Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.
O. HENRY The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
O. HENRY It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's w...
O. HENRY I'm a proud vegan, whistle-blower, and animal rights activist.
STEVE-O Rather than wait to be discovered, discover yourself. Whatever it is that you intend to do later, st...
STEVE-O Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words wh...
O. HENRY Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.
O. HENRY Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
O. HENRY We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
O. HENRY All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the soci...
O. HENRY There's definitely some parallels between me and Joaquin Phoenix, I think. The line gets so blur...
STEVE-O Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citiz...
O. HENRY Almost as soon as I went vegan, people started telling me that my skin looked great, and that I appe...
STEVE-O I never contemplated any kind of existence or identity after my career. I never thought at some poin...
STEVE-O The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling ...
O. HENRY The psychiatric ward was a really creepy place and, hindsight being 20/20, the creepiest thing about...
STEVE-O I started out making skateboard videos. Soon, it dawned on me I just wasn't that great at skateb...
STEVE-O She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim owne...
O. HENRY It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
O. HENRY Life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
O. HENRY It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
O. HENRY A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
O. HENRY Christmas Isn't About Receiving, Its About Giving.
EZEKIEL O Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take...
O. HENRY When I was fifteen years old, my dad won a video camera in a corporate golf tournament. I snatched i...
STEVE-O Abuse yourself all you want - just leave animals out of it. Don't wear fur.
STEVE-O Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675 It is not necessary to maintain a conversati...
O. HALLESBY Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of...
O. HENRY What brings you closer to God is being in service to others. I think any religion or spiritual way o...
STEVE-O I have a rescue dog named Walter, and Walter and I are such fans of the 'Jersey Shore' that ...
STEVE-O The first thought that I had about really trying to get sober was, 'Man, I could do a lot of goo...
STEVE-O I don't go around lecturing people and telling them they shouldn't eat meat. I just don'...
STEVE-O No friendship is an accident.
O. HENRY My main focus in sobriety has been to replace fear with faith or love.
STEVE-O Take it from me - he's got the goods.
O. HENRY If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
O. HENRY I have been really enjoying making a project out of seeking out an extremely healthy diet of raw, or...
STEVE-O Live not in the depressive past, nor the anxious future, but NOW.
ANNA O I think people will be surprised to find that I'm not as much of an idiot as they think I am. I&...
STEVE-O I got into being vegan because I was simply looking to benefit from being more compassionate. I have...
STEVE-O When I was a kid, I loved a heavy metal band called Motley Crue. I was thirteen when they came to my...
STEVE-O Nowadays Love Is A I Want Not I Need
EZEKIEL O You can't taste victory until you've tasted defeat
EZEKIEL O Don't go fixing other people's problems until you know yours is fixed
EZEKIEL O Happiness Is What We All Want, Therefore Not All Of Us Can Get It Because We Quit Easily
EZEKIEL O Don't Mind The Mind
EZEKIEL O She had
become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the
air he breathed-...
O. HENRY Be The Voice They Can Follow Out Of Darkness
EZEKIEL O He had the artistic metempsychosis which is half drunk when sober and looks down on airships when st...
O. HENRY It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.
O. HENRY I may not like sleep but it's always there when I need it
EZEKIEL O Don't Be Sorry When You Did Nothing
EZEKIEL O You can't keep a bird in a cage forever.
EZEKIEL O There's Violence in your slience
EZEKIEL O If you give up on life just know death hasn't given up on you, your best choice is to keep on going ...
EZEKIEL O can't ask for help if you didn't do the work can you now?
EZEKIEL O No team is easy to beat, They work just as hard
EZEKIEL O When I first became recognizable from appearing on television, I abused my notoriety as much as I po...
STEVE-O I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of p...
O. HENRY At this point, I've really failed at a lot of things. It's nice to be able to say that, in a...
STEVE-O I'm the perfect kind of personality for making YouTube videos. I deal in short attention span th...
STEVE-O When I first became involved with PETA, it was on an 'issue-by-issue' basis - they interview...
STEVE-O I have a tough stomach, and I've put myself through a lot. But when I first found out what happe...
STEVE-O It's commonly said that if slaughterhouses had clear glass walls, nobody would eat meat. I think...
STEVE-O I think it's important for me to show the world that sobriety hasn't made me soft. I'm o...
STEVE-O I keep my iPod on shuffle most of the time, but I'm most into Cirque du Soleil soundtracks.
STEVE-O The Give and Take Athletic Association lived up to its name. The hall of the association in Orchard ...
O. HENRY Initially, my decision to stop eating meat was motivated by fear of spiritual consequences, but righ...
STEVE-O Being a vegan just helps me build up my self-esteem. I feel good about it every time I eat a meal.
STEVE-O I don't care if people think I'm boring.
STEVE-O Anybody that's not supportive of me staying sober obviously has to go. But on the other hand, th...
STEVE-O I'm definitely a ham for the paparazzi.
STEVE-O I'm absolutely, l00 percent, not guilty.
O. J. SIMPSON I'm more interested in having a place to work out my voice and my body than I am in having furni...
WENDY O. WILLIAMS Do I have to use my feet? Can I knock the window out with my head?
WENDY O. WILLIAMS My music is very innovative, in a class by itself. Nobody else is saying anything of value. What I&#...
WENDY O. WILLIAMS The thing about animals is that they don't judge you. They accept you the way you are.
WENDY O. WILLIAMS Ever since I was little, I've always liked to smash things.
WENDY O. WILLIAMS It's not that I don't value my life. It's just that I love taking chances, testing mysel...
WENDY O. WILLIAMS The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To ...
WENDY O. WILLIAMS I don't like fashion. I don't like art. I do like smashing up expensive things.
WENDY O. WILLIAMS I never strike out at any life form. The only things I attack are icons of conspicuous consumption. ...
WENDY O. WILLIAMS I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don...
WENDY O. WILLIAMS I want to cause a change with my life, make the world a little better.
WENDY O. WILLIAMS Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things....
WENDY O. WILLIAMS I was one man and I tackled a big railroad. I did the best I could.
O. WINSTON LINK I was strong and healthy and I was enjoying what I was doing.
O. WINSTON LINK You can show me some stick ice cream and I can tell you if it's good or not just looking at it.
O. WINSTON LINK I never expected that. I didn't aim for that. All I wanted was to get some nice pictures of trai...
O. WINSTON LINK I'm omnivorous in my tastes, fiction and non-fiction, always several books on the go, though I&#...
O. R. MELLING I was fortunate in that I attended university in Canada in the early 1970s when you could take a tru...
O. R. MELLING All my books reflect travel adventures of some kind, and all have a soul: a spiritual or mystical un...
O. R. MELLING When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than w...
O. R. MELLING I'd like to get back to my family and friends - believe it or not, I do have some real friends.
O. J. SIMPSON Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
O. J. SIMPSON I had some problems with fidelity in my life but pretty much got along with everybody.
O. J. SIMPSON I tend to watch a little TV... Court TV, once in a while. Some of the cases I get interested in.
O. J. SIMPSON I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
O. J. SIMPSON I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
O. J. SIMPSON I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad'...
O. J. SIMPSON What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
O. J. SIMPSON Nicole will come up in conversations where it's in a part of the conversation. Or we may be some...
O. J. SIMPSON I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
O. J. SIMPSON Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?
O. J. SIMPSON I've been very clear. I won. I didn't commit the crime.
O. J. SIMPSON I have always wanted to be liked and respected.
O. J. SIMPSON I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do...
O. J. SIMPSON I think I've been a great citizen.
O. J. SIMPSON My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money.
O. J. SIMPSON If there wasn't no fight, there wasn't no weekend.
O. J. SIMPSON I tell inmates all the time, 'Don't complain about your grind. Do your time.'
O. J. SIMPSON I've always thought I'd been pretty good with people, and I basically have spent a conflict-...
O. J. SIMPSON Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.
O. J. SIMPSON I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
O. J. SIMPSON I've done my time. I've done it as well and as respectfully as I think anyone can.
O. J. SIMPSON One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
E. O. WILSON If a person is a U.S. citizen, and he is on the battlefield in Afghanistan or Iraq trying to attack ...
JOHN O. BRENNAN By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was jus...
E. O. WILSON The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority ...
E. O. WILSON Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not pr...
E. O. WILSON Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the 'environmentalist' view, as though it were...
E. O. WILSON The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and ...
E. O. WILSON Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contes...
E. O. WILSON The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
E. O. WILSON If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mos...
E. O. WILSON I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it.
E. O. WILSON There is no better high than discovery.
E. O. WILSON Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine.
E. O. WILSON We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synth...
E. O. WILSON