At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The wise speak only of what they know, Grima son of Galmod. A witless worm have you become. Therefore be silent, and… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
All people need to know how AIDS is transmitted, and every country has an obligation to educate its citizens. This is why… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
My parents inspire me every day. They are both incredible people that I love and look up to every day. Industry wise,… — Max Schneider Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I am not so wise as you would have me, for all my years in this world. I do not know… — Katherine Arden Copy Share Image
Fortunately for me, I'm married to an amazing woman - Nancy Lasseter - who is wise enough not to let me buy… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
“God doesn't expect us to be a walking encyclopedia of biblical knowledge. He wants us to know Him, to be in a… — Tyler Edwards Copy Share Image
Whether they be old or young, rich or poor, high or low, wise or foolish, ignorant or learned, every individual is seen… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practised, is to study… — Pierre Charron Copy Share Image
Genial manners are good, and power of accommodation to any circumstance, but the high prize of life, the crowning fortune of a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are… — Beverley Nichols Copy Share Image
We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
This is one of their [the Christians'] rules. Let no man that is learned, wise, or prudent come among us: but if… — Aulus Cornelius Celsus Copy Share Image
We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The Quest for Prosperity is an important book. Written with verve and clarity, it reflects a deep understanding of global economic issues,… — Robert Fogel Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is not wise to make a second plan; it diminishes the power of the first plan! In risky paths, make… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Even in such a time of madness as the late twenties, a great many man in Wall Street remained quite sane. But… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A wise and well-informed humanist has taken the time to look lovingly and wonderingly at the living world around him, and to… — Marston Bates Copy Share Image
Lord Bacon has compared those who move in higher spheres to those heavenly bodies in the firmament, which have much admiration, but… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
If we view our children as stupid, naughty, disturbed, or guilty of their misdeeds, they will learn to behold themselves as foolish,… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share Image
We are really in a rut with the three-minute song. You know where it's going to go. If you're trying to get… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
John Berger once defined music by saying that it began as a howl, became a prayer, then a lament, and still contains… — John K. Samson Copy Share Image
“COMING FORTH INTO THE LIGHT I was born the day I thought: What is? What was? And What if? I was transformed… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The life of any one can by no means be changed after death; an evil life can in no wise be converted… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
It is the delight of vulgar talent to dazzle and to bind the beholder. But true genius seeks to defend us from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There never could be a man so brave that he would not sometime, or in the end, turn part or all coward;… — James Gould Cozzens Copy Share Image
There's a misconception about girls accusing people of sexual assault. There's this sense of, Well, she might be lying, she might be… — Jon Shenk Copy Share Image
Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle-a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
A good book is a lighthouse; a wise man is a lighthouse; conscience is a lighthouse; compassion is a lighthouse; science is… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
Man is an Animal, formidable both from his Passions and his Reason; his Passions often urging him to great Evils, and his… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image