Numerous non-profit organizations and corporate boards, including W. R. Grace & Company, Colgate University and the National Urban League sought out Gay for her common sense, strong intellect and integrity.
This stereotype is flatly contradicted by the robust common sense and searching intellect that informed Tagore's apparently mystical views.
She was a respected jurist, known for her legal intellect, fairness and common sense.
Lots, but I'll mention three: Jim Collins, because I like the idea of the humble leader; Keith Grint, who brings intellect, sanity and common sense to the subject; and Warren Bennis, for his democratic take on leadership.
Petersburg has always been a European city, a city that's very different from the rest of Russia, where the level of civilization, of intellect, of simple common sense is much higher".
Sir Richard Branson, the unconventional head of Britain's Virgin group, has a few such phrases; one is, "common sense counts for way more than pure intellect".
Reading the couple's correspondence, which had been overlooked by biographers, I was impressed with her sincerity, intellect, artistic giftedness, and common sense.
"One of the reasons it's a curse is that the nature of the beast is a complete loss of control — of your emotions, of your intellect, your instincts, your common sense — basically of your sense of yourself".
The inspiration received by the prophets belongs to the category of particular spiritual forms, which do not pass through the common sense, but are received directly from the active intellect.
He was blessed with a first-rate intellect tempered with down-to-earth common sense.
