26 Movie Quotes about Common Sense with Audio – Page 2

Updated: Sep 25, 2026

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11 You better stop talkin' foolishness and give me an answer.

Esther Sutherland in Black Belt Jones (1974)

12 That's enough of that malarkey.

Quote from The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

13 He was a man of high ideals, so-called. But ideals without common sense can ruin this town.

Lionel Barrymore in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

14 I'm no dummy. It's basic common sense and arithmetic.

Quote from New Jack City

15 Dreams. Always dreams with you. Never common sense.

Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara; Scarlett Ohara in Gone with the Wind (1939)

16 First off, you see gum on the street, leave it there. It's not free candy. Oh.

Quote from Elf (2003)

17 Don't be a fool! By the time you bait the hook, the fish'll be gone! Where's your common sense?

Martha Raye as Annabella Bonheur in Monsieur Verdoux

18 Step down off your high horse, mister. You don't get lard less'n you boil the hog.

John Wayne as Davy Crockett in The Alamo (1960)

19 I never really doubted you. It was just my silly common sense.

Quote from Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

20 It's not doctor stuff, stupid. It's common sense. Scratching spreads rashes.

Quote from Big Daddy