Very Wise Quotes

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'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid… — John Abbott
I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. — Beverly Cleary
Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. "Harpo my boy," he said,… — Harpo Marx
Finally you come to a point where you almost know it all. You are very wise. You are very pure... except for the fact that… — Ram Dass
It is a revolutionary experience. That's the best way I can describe it. It transforms you completely, in a second. Nature is very wise and… — Penelope Cruz
I'm not very wise to many things. — Charles Manson
When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that… — Ingmar Bergman
A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
I've always used the technique of the cuento. I am an oral storyteller, but now I do it on the printed page. I think if… — Rudolfo Anaya
The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart. — Norman Lear
Every wise man lives in an observatory. — Augustus William Hare
We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast, When there passed us a woman… — Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
It is not sufficient merely to be a great master in painting and very wise, but I think that it is necessary for the painter… — Michelangelo
Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me… — Bette Midler
The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security in order to do… — Walter Lippmann
You can be very wild and still be very wise — Yoko Ono
Mary Kay was the wholesome personification of the American dream. For women everywhere, she brought the impossible dream to life by making it a reality.… — Zig Ziglar
Faeries are not fantasy, but a connection to reality. Faeries are irrational, poetic, absurd, and very, very wise. Faeries say there is nonsense in dogma,… — Brian Froud
This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to reveal your proper name which is wise, and don't want… — J.R.R. Tolkien

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