Character Quote by Marshall McLuhan

The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.

— J. M. Coetzee

I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened is that…

— Josh Radnor

The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it.

— Laozi

SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies.

— Diana Wynne Jones

Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.

— Baltasar Gracian

In the world we live in, one fool makes many fools, but one sage only a few sages.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

... it's always determined characters who make the greatest fools.

— Fanny Kemble

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head,…

— Anonymous

A good writer is an expert on nothing except himself. And on that subject, if he is wise, he holds his tongue.

— John le Carre

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

— Publilius Syrus

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.

— Daniel Clowes

I am being completely serious when I state this: Sage Northcutt might just be the nicest human being I have ever met in my…

— Ariel Helwani