Wise Enough Quotes

94 quotes by 73 authors

We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to listen to her advice, and hastily married. In a few weeks, I had occasion to repent of the… — Maria Monk
We are not wise enough, pure enough, or strong enough to aim and sustain such a single motive over a lifetime. That way lies fanaticism… — Os Guinness
Men are not intelligent when it comes to cheating, but they're wise enough to choose a woman who will put up with it. — Michael Baisden
Since you have to do the things you have to do, be wise enough to do some of the things you want to do. — Malcolm Forbes
We are rare and precious because we are alive, because we can think as well as we can. We are privileged to influence and perhaps… — Carl Sagan
If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when… — Martin Luther
NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it. — Ambrose Bierce
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to… — Freeman Dyson
Who is omnipotent or wise enough to decide each new standard of good taste? Or sensitivity? — Cary Grant
A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me. — Philip Yancey
Be wise enough not to be reckless, but brave enough to take great risks. — Frank Warren
Mitch and I have known each other for such a long time, and we're both so pleased to be given this opportunity at this point… — Susan Sullivan
Why do men like me want sons? he wondered. It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these new men, who… — John Steinbeck
It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true. — Patrick Rothfuss
Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to… — Mary Astell
My publishers are wonderful because they have let me write what I wanted to. They're wise enough to know that, with any author who's not… — Elizabeth Kostova
The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read. — Charles Caleb Colton
Oh, Love is the crooked thing, there is nobody wise enough to find out all that is in it, for he will be thinking about… — William Butler Yeats
A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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