Wise Quotes

"Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a clear why"

"He that is rich is wise"

"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations"

William Feather, Author

"I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits"

John Podesta, Lawyer

"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life"

Sonia Sotomayor, Judge

"The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms"

John B. S. Haldane, Scientist

"I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it"

Hedy Lamarr, Actress

"But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing in the world either way"

Hugh Grant, Actor

"I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house"

Beverly Cleary, Author

"By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum"

Steve Albini, Musician

"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite"

Sam Levenson, Author

"A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful"

Frederick William Robertson, Clergyman

"Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well"

Andre Breton, Poet

"It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man"

Xenophanes, Philosopher

"Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought"

William Osler, Scientist

"One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well"

Amos Bronson Alcott, Educator

"Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again"

David Dinkins, Politician

"Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom"

Elizabeth Gaskell, Novelist

"God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates?"

Samuel Hopkins, Clergyman

"It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise"

Sara Teasdale, Author

"The wise learn many things from their enemies"

Aristophanes, Poet

"If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment"

Tim Robbins, Actor

"When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth"

Sara Teasdale, Author

"'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 or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'"

John Abbott, Statesman

"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 step I had taken, as the report proved true - a report which I thought justified, and indeed required, our separation"

Maria Monk, Celebrity

"Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen"

Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer

"It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below"

Rebecca H. Davis

"A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether"

Roy H. Williams, Businessman

"Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion"

William Godwin, Writer

"I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences"

Sonia Sotomayor, Judge

"Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom"

Alan Paton, Novelist

"Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen"

Pindar, Poet

"I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported"

Jesse Helms, Politician

"Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made"

Kiana Tom, Model

"The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with"

Giacomo Casanova, Celebrity

"My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher"

James Tobin, Economist

"Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise"

Francis Quarles, Poet

"I'm not very wise to many things"

Charles Manson, Criminal

"There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion"

Cat Stevens, Musician

"I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones"

Bai Ling, Actress

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