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Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

Socrates

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.

Alexander Pope

No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

W. H. Auden

To me the combination is a very sensible one. It's a good mix. Alcatel has done very, very well in the United States and elsewhere, but there's not that much overlap (with Lucent), so I think it's a powerful global position, possibly forcing Nortel and Ericsson to get together.

Charles Disanza

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

H. L. Mencken

Adults bones aren't as flexible as kids'. Kids are more reckless. Adults may be more sensible, but their bodies can't handle some things.

Pete Piringer

It's a different petition this time. We've made sure it has sensible safeguards built in.

Neal Levine

Lukashenko, for all his lack of democracy, has the support of his people and is pursuing sensible policies.

Mikhail Delyagin

I'm utterly convinced that to maintain American global prosperity, we must pursue a sensible, market-oriented trade policy that provides greater market access and enforces our laws and agreements.

Susan Schwab

If something has been prepared for sea (shipping) and suddenly it needs to be flown, then the cargo probably needs to be prepared for flying very differently than it was prepared for sea. We have to put this together at very short notice. It strikes us that to do planning in advance would be more sensible.

Tony Bauckham

We want to set a sensible pace and let the race come to us. I hope I feel better tomorrow, because I'm excited about it.

Chris Gleason

'For the time being, the jury is out on whether that is a sensible strategy.

Adrian Darley

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

Max Born

She's calm, sensible and totally unflappable, but by now, who knows? She's running very far and very fast.

Bo Bengtson

It's simply not sensible ... for the government to say there is no link whatsoever between what is happening in Iraq and what is happening in terms of recruiting extremists.

Liam Fox

It offers sensible, practical advice, in an easy-to-read format.

Bill Ward

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

This is not a problem that we can turn away from, ... We must be prepared to face it. We must not let the sensible reluctance to fight drive us into wishful thinking.

Richard Armitage

$100 million is a lot of money ... There's nothing wrong with keeping the (foundation) budget at $35M/year ... or even reducing it in a sensible manner.

Philip Simon

It seems to be sensible in a period of consolidating grocery trades. When you go with the entire organization behind you, I'm sure it gets some advantage, but I'm not sure it will make a big difference.

William Leach

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. . ..

Isaac Asimov

Given the reality of the contemporary retail market, it seems sensible to permit the marketing of funds of hedge funds.

Clive Briault

Sensible economic policies that put American families first.

Robert Matsui

She's a very tough, calm, sensible dog. This dog lives this terrific life in California. All I used to be worried about was her being kicked by the horse. Now that seems so far away.

Bo Bengtson

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

Saadi

We've instantly changed our ads. Sometimes capitulation is the most sensible thing to do. It's not a very big deal. We think it's kind of hilarious, in fact.

Mark Urman

It was a tough call, but a sensible one.

Michael Adams

With Merkel in the chancellor's office, social progress and a sensible policy on climate change will be obstructed.

Reinhard Buetikofer

President Bush spoke of the risks of economic isolation and the critical importance of American competitiveness. I am utterly convinced that to maintain American global prosperity, we must pursue a sensible, market-oriented trade policy that provides greater market access and enforces our laws and agreements.

Susan Schwab

There could be something that addresses this if we can find a sensible way to put it.

Georg Greve

CHIP is the sensible solution, providing peace of mind and financial security for working parents and their families.

Joan Miles

Drive your most sensible car. If it's a trip to the grocery store, don't take the pickup, take your compact car.

Justin Mcnaull

As a urologist, I've found it's easier to do the PSA test and then sit down with the patient and say here's what the results mean for you. Given what we know right now, that seems a very sensible approach.

Dr. Evan Vapnek

There has to be a real question about whether it is right or sensible for somebody in this position to have such close links with No 10.

Chris Grayling

A strong top line, coupled with strong management and continuing productivity gains and sensible cost management has contributed to a very strong bottom line.

Jon Symonds

What the public wants is sensible measures that will tackle terrorism, but they don't want to see the very fundamental principles of justice and liberty broken away.

Mark Oaten

While the Queen is held in great affection by the Australian people, many Australians recognize that it is no longer sensible for us to have a citizen of another country, who visits Australia only occasionally, as our head of state.

Allison Henry

They want to have their pasta, but they're willing to eat a sensible portion with lots of vegetables.

Keith Ayoob

I think the stretching before training and the match, has helped me. As well as being sensible with my eating and drinking.

Richard Gough

I am not opposed to sensible bankruptcy law reform, but this [Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005] is a reverse Robin Hood - squeeze the down-on-their-luck middle class and impoverished Americans and give the proceeds to the financial services industry.

Jack Reed

The combination of standardized protocols and component-based software will make it less and less sensible for corporations to have their own IS staff in the traditional sense.

Chris Meyer

Their numbers are an estimate, all our numbers are an estimate, but they're perfectly sensible.

Bruce Cain

It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.

Martin Scorsese

I'm not silly! I'm very sensible! I'm a virgo, I'm very... organized. You know?

Vivian Campbell

There are many fronts to this and I think the landowners have been sensible in their approach about the land issue but we will try to work on this problem.

Savenaca Seniloli

The idea of people who are educated by the state having an obligation to contribute to society is perfectly sensible. But this is an extreme measure that undermines the right of people to leave any country including their own. It is one of the most effective tools Cuban authorities have for intimidating people critical of the government.

Daniel Wilkinson

What we find is what the sensible books have been recommending. These were people who had a high-fat diet. We cut fat below 30 percent and they did not gain weight.

Barbara V. Howard

The hunting community has resolved to work to remove this confusing and unworkable law from the statute book and to replace it with a sensible legislation.

Simon Hart

We expected the governor to do the sensible thing from an institutional point of view, and that didn't happen.

Domenico Siniscalco

We are in an unusual place, ... The design is as good as anything out there, but at a price that seems sensible.

Reed Krakoff

You have to be sensible, but I still believe I have a part to play.

Phil Vickery

There cannot live an unhappier creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others.

William Temple, Sr.

This is a customer that needs some special attention, so that is a sensible part of the package for Dell to offer.

Mark Stahlman

Really to me it is the most sensible way to do this as painful as it is.

Carol Kurdell

We're just getting into the process to look at it. I think we could have an ad hoc group to develop something that would be a middle-of-the-road, sensible approach to it.

Stephen Fowler

These studies strongly support the need to educate people to make sensible choices when they eat and that they need to exercise and walk more, instead of going by car everywhere.

Dr. Luigi Fontana

[Female cast members were advised to wear sensible footwear.] It's Hawaii, ... No call for high heels.

Maggie Grace

Now I have received an invoice for the whole period from 2003 to date. Again my email was not answered until I chased, and then the reply was incorrect. It finally took an hour on the phone to get a sensible response, but the revised invoice hasn't arrived.

Alan Wright

It's sensible for Toll to sit back, reflect and explore the opportunities running an airline can offer.

Adrian Mulcahy

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author.

Charles Caleb Colton

This ruling will ensure that surviving domestic partners will not lose their homes at the moment they are dealing with the tragedy of having lost their life partners. California law mandates equal treatment of all families, and we are relieved the court affirmed this sensible, pro-family rule.

Kate Kendell

Naturally, we could also arrive at sensible cooperation with the new rights holders. I would like as little as possible to change for Premiere subscribers.

George Kofler

The logic of PSA bidding is sensible. PSA is still very dependent on Singapore and P&O at a stroke radically changes that.

Neil Davidson

Their condition remains very serious and complex, and it would not be sensible to comment on prognosis.

Dr Ganesh Suntharalingam

It was the less risky and economically sensible approach to take. Taking a phased approach was also useful in learning lessons from a virtual pilot.

Andrew Barker

My proposal to re-establish diplomatic relations - not necessarily friendly relations, but diplomatic relations - is a sensible, simple, and straightforward approach that will finally get us off dead center.

Cyrus Vance

It really was the council putting in the effort that made me think how sensible this all was.

John Mckenna

The Legislature's rejection of the governor's sensible reforms in Medicaid are driving much of the increase in both spending in the proposed budget and the increase in the out-year gaps.

John Cape

This is a fantastically sensible idea. With the convergence of telecom and broadcasters through interactive television, there is a real need for a single regulator.

Theresa Wise

The paradigm of treating menopause symptoms with the lowest effective dose of hormone therapy, for the shortest period necessary, is very sensible.

Hugh Taylor

I feel like I should just flip out and do something crazy. It's boring when people tell me I'm really well grounded. I feel a little bit sensible ? I don't want to be that.

Alex Turner

It's a sensible protection for kids.

Dan Leistikow

People are anxious to balance the budget, to reduce the deficit, and to do some sensible things about the economy and other circumstances in this nation. But, they don't wish to go about it in the way Jim Greenwood did by taking a buzz saw to a lot of things, cutting them out, and putting people in jeopardy.

John Murray

There's really no fun in being sensible all the time....

L. M. Montgomery

Democrats can't find anyone to run against him because he's universally applauded in the state as a sensible, effective, knowledgeable public servant. On anybody's list of distinguished senators, you're going to find Dick Lugar near the top.

Robert Dion

Incremental, sensible, conservative governance.

David Dreier

It seems to me that a mutually beneficial relationship between a man and woman requires the man to be dominant. A sensible woman will allow the man to think he is the most important partner.

Beryl Bainbridge

It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.

Anne Bronte

I hope we are the exception to the rule. I would encourage those that are planning on running for an office to be sensible.

Mary Bailey

BLM previously acknowledged that the beauty and sensitivity of these lands required an update to its management plan to consider protecting them, a sensible position the agency now refuses to follow.

Adriana Raudzens

It better aligns First Pacific's book values with market values at this point in time, and the more realistic values afford a basis for sensible financial performance measures going forward.

Manuel Pangilinan

People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun isn't an outrageous idea at all. It's a very sensible one.

John Sculley

A sensible and consistent commitment to intellectual freedom ought to allow military recruiters open access to campus.

Stephen Balch

Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.

Charlotte L. Forten Grimke

We have already signed up for 2008, which means we want to continue. But we are realistic as well, before committing to the future, every company needs not only good product, which we have, but also sensible cost control.

Alain Dassas

It's perfectly possible that students will not graduate this year. Unless the employers respond to our claim in a sensible way, this is a real possibility. We certainly hope it doesn't happen, but it may.

Sally Hunt

It seems to be a sensible offer. It is low-balling what they could pay, but there is no other bidder in town, and it is not a stupid offer by any means.

Anthony De Larrinaga

Some parents might say 'don't do it' without explaining why. But if you explain, children can make an assessment of whether or not it's a sensible thing to do.

Roger Vincent

It is every artist's fantasy to run things. I know personally, I'd be happiest as dictator of a small island. The problem is that romantic artists are usually too disorganized to run their own lives, let alone societies. And most societies are too sensible to let them try it.

Brad Holland

Explaining something sensible to Lord Killanin is akin to explaining something to a cauliflower. The advantage of the cauliflower is that if all else fails, you can always cover it with melted cheese and eat it.

William E. Simon

We want to be a good neighbor, ... There's got to be a sensible balance.

James Schmidt

EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the other - which is no more sensible than it would be for one who has never seen a dog except in the pursuit of a rabbit to declare the rabbit the cause of a dog.

Ambrose Bierce

A husband is always a sensible man; he never thinks of marrying.

Alexandre Dumas

Excellent. Sensible policies for a happier Britain.

David Dimbleby

Some excitement is warranted, but the question is, how much? Either the stock is correct in that the recovery and earnings are going to be faster than analysts like me have predicted, or we're going to see the stock grind lower to a more sensible level in the next few months.

Douglas M. Arthur

Dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second.

Helen Fielding

It would be a lot easier and more sensible if you were dealing with a single program and single funding source and all that. You're not. And so it may be a loophole.

Gordon Macinnes

'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to.

Johann Most

It is sensible to have a safeguard against unemployment.

Glynis Johns

He could have played last weekend but we didn't want the injury to drag on. We were just being sensible, as he is not that young in years.

Richard Cockerill

I may actually file papers now, though I won't do a formal announcement until it's more sensible timing. I don't want anybody to think for a moment that I'm having second thoughts.

Kathy Patterson

You've got to get this issue down to what's reasonable and sensible. That's an extreme, fundamentalist position. And I don't think we're that kind of country, are we?

Deborah Arnott

Troops, both regulars and reserves, are already over-stretched. Cutting the number of boots on the ground, ships or aircraft, are not sensible options.

Bruce George

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

Jane Austen

GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone.

Ambrose Bierce

I think to earn the right to drive these sorts of cars is a sensible move.

Peter Brock

It's simply not sensible for the government to say there's no link. What I think is surprising is that the government denies there's any link - but the government's handling of this has been rather inept politically from start to finish.

Liam Fox

This is a historic moment of resolving a water dispute in a very sensible and practical way.

Curt Johnson

We will continue working with progressive members of both parties on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures to promote sensible legislation that focuses on felons, not firearms.

Alan Gottlieb

There is an element of being in the right place at the right time. But we shouldn't downplay the fact that they had sensible strategies and executed them very well.

Peter Negline

There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The best news in this year's report is the significant decline in cigarette smoking, not just because that ultimately is the most deadly drug but also because it confirms that drug abuse is best reduced through sensible public health measures rather than criminal penalties, prosecutions and prisons.

Ethan Nadelmann

This year means being very sensible, very human, very alert. That's a dog's character.

Eric Lin

To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.

Emily Post

The middle ground gets lost. Anybody who talks about a sensible middle ground gets devoured by the extremes on both sides. It's either immigration is a plague, or wide-open, unhindered immigration and wide-scale amnesty is the answer.

Edward O'donnell

As synthetic worlds grow in importance, we'll see scholars, legal analysts, and game industry experts under increasing pressure to generate sensible guidelines for different aspects of the practice.

Edward Castronova

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

Eden Phillpotts