Gentlemen, let us suppose that man is not stupid. (Indeed one cannot refuse to suppose that, if only from the one consideration,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Every child has a right to its own bent. . . . It has a right to find its own way and… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Having agreed to play Elrond, I realized how much had to be worked out about this character: the idea of portraying someone… — Hugo Weaving Copy Share Image
There is a wise old saying 'Eat it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without'. Thrift is a practice… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Once one is caught up into the material world not one person in ten thousand finds the time to form literary taste,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Perfection in wisdom, as well as in integrity, is neither required nor expected in these agents (public servants). It belongs not to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
~Do you like him much? ~I told you I like him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Every single one of us goes through life depending on and bound by our individual knowledge and awareness. And we call it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For other people, I can't speak - but, personally, I haven't gotten wise on anything. Certainly, I've been through this and that;… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
My mother took too much, a great deal too much, care of me; she over-educated, over-instructed, over-dosed me with premature lessons of… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea… — Buddha Copy Share Image
To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat... the food of the wise is that which… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
This conflict between right and fact has endured since the origins of society. To bring the duel to an end, to consolidate… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Get out well, but not too quickly, move through the field, be comfortable. Strategy-wise, go with your strengths. If you don't have… — John Treacy Copy Share Image
Man has but little heeded the advice of the wise men. He has been - fatefully, if not willingly - less virtuous,… — Ralph Bunche Copy Share Image
God, make me brave for life: oh, braver than this. Let me straighten after pain, As a tree straightens after the rain,… — Grace Noll Crowell Copy Share Image
A grifter's got an irresistible urge to be the guy who's wise. There's nothin' to whipping a fool. Hell, fools are made… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Manufactured meaning has already been implanted in the unconscious through language and subliminal messages. This is why it is not wise to… — Terry Cole-Whittaker Copy Share Image
Extreme nationalism and Bolshevism have broken up the old world, a new world is in the making. It is literally true that… — John Raleigh Mott Copy Share Image
Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread; His bark is shallow in the water, and… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
Mary Kay was the wholesome personification of the American dream. For women everywhere, she brought the impossible dream to life by making… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
“What is the wise thing for you to do? You are a unique blend of past experiences, current circumstances, and future hopes… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
One should marry only when one is wise enough. Marriage is not for young people. For young people is to fool around.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive… — George Aiken Copy Share Image
Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor. Wise men are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. Strong men… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids… — Stan Kenton Copy Share Image
Lie in the sun with the child in your flesh shining like a jewel. Dream and sing, pagan, wise in your vitals.… — Meridel Le Sueur Copy Share Image
When life has been well spent, age is a loss of what it can well spare,--muscular strength, organic instincts, gross bulk, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A word to the wise to all the children of the twentieth century, whether their concern be pediatrics or geriatrics, whether they… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Manners have been somewhat cynically defined to be a contrivance of wise men to keep fools at a distance. Fashion is shrewd… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
It is the characteristic of great poems that they will yield of their sense in due proportion to the hasty and the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We must believe that He permits it [this war] for some wise purpose of his own, mysterious and unknown to us; and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired.… — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
A truly wise person will constantly move forward, striving for self-improvement, knowing that daily repentance is needed for progress. He will realize… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to reveal your proper name which is wise,… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I'm so excited. I love Peeta so much. I think that over the course of the next couple of books, he has… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
You never really know what the director has got in his mind as far as the scene visually and art direction wise,… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
Write on your doors the saying wise and old, "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere - "Be bold; Be not too bold!"… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image