723 quotes found
“I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.”
“Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'”
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
“In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.”
“Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventi...”
“Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together.”
“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”
“To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.”
“I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.”
“Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.”
“My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.”
“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.”
“Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious...”
“There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.”
“I have no wisdom to share on dating.”
“There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.”
“We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.”
“I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I'...”
“Be more weary of the fearful than of the brave.”
“A man's ruin lies in his tongue.”
