Wise Quotes

4345 quotes by 2190 authors

Make the wise man within you your living ideal. — Karl G. Maeser
Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship. — Stephen Kinzer
It is never wise to discourage youthful idealism. — Stephen Kinzer
Tony Curtis was a joy to work with. He had a curious innocence that is very young and wise at the same time. — Nicolas Roeg
The big banks advise cities about whether privatization is a wise choice. They also control the ability of states and cities to access the market… — Bethany McLean
In design as in life, smart can also mean wise, kind, inspiring - and cost-effective. And that has a charm all its own. — Nancy Gibbs
I think most amateurs dread playing a 180-plus-yard par 3 even more than a hard par 4. Part of it is psychological: You think you… — Ernie Els
We are placed in the genus of Homo, which is Latin for man - Homo sapiens: supposedly wise men. I sometimes think - wonder -… — Donald Johanson
My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker,… — Alvin Lee
My parents had some problems of their own that put me in a position of having to deal with very grown-up stuff at a very… — Dakota Johnson
Public-policy-wise, if you want to be consistent, crude oil is a bulk commodity, and you should be able to export it. I would rather the… — John Shimkus
Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn. — Hallie Ephron
No one in my family had ever done anything acting-wise or entertainment industry-wise. — Margot Robbie
As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division; with… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Infrastructure is one of the core responsibilities of government and one that cannot be shortchanged by other controversial spending. I believe investment in infrastructure pays… — Douglas R. Oberhelman
Wise men make more opportunities than they find. — Francis Bacon
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. — Leo Aikman
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. — Plato
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. — Theodore Roosevelt
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. — Horace

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