#sensible

I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#alert #am #aware #bestows #contentment

Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#awry #budget #family #go #household

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking. ↗

— Georges Clemenceau

#insane #man #must #order #reasonably

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

#center #dead #diplomatic #diplomatic relations #finally

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#energy #lot #neurosis #novel #really

We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour. ↗

— Andrew Eldritch

#always #asked #because #before #decided

During these continued tough economic times, writing a sensible, fair budget that provides real opportunities for Washington families, workers and businesses is always a challenge. ↗

— Jeanne Kohl-Welles

#budget #businesses #challenge #continued #during

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#every #every day #exquisite #few #good

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#anything #everything #finds #hardly #intelligent

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#finds #happens #most #own #person