Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ally Carter

Someday you will know that the heart is not always as wise as it is strong. - Uncle Eddie

Ann Druyan

The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make become increasingly complex. They require the longer-term thinking and greater tolerance for ambiguity that science fosters. The new economy is predicated on a continuous pipeline of scientific and technological innovation. It can not exist without workers and consumers who are mathematically and scientifically literate.

Amanda Bynes

I think you have to embrace being a role model because you are in the public eye, and whether you like it or not, people are going to be affected by you positively or negatively, ... Public-wise, I really wouldnt do anything that would be detrimental to anybody else or to myself. And to a certain extent, I try to watch out and try not to do anything that would be bad for kids to see.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Aesop

It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

Aesop

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.

Aeschylus

Truly even he errs that is wiser than the wise.

Aeschylus

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

Aeschylus

The wisest of the wise may err.

Jane Addams

A wise man has told us that "men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe in and live in."

Jane Austen

It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering.

Jane Austen

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

Jane Austen

Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.

Jane Austen

I would much rather have been merry than wise.

Janet Yellen

To me, a wise and humane policy is occasionally to let inflation rise even when inflation is running above target.

Janet Frame

Everything is always a story, but the loveliest ones are those that get written and are not torn up and are taken to a friend as payment for listening, for putting a wise keyhole to the ear of my mind

Richard G. Scott

In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.

Bret McKenzie

Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman - I guess I like a lot of '70s music.

Bram Stoker

Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength.

Bob Dylan

In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.

Bob Dylan

Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools, I've got nothing, Ma, to live up to.

Bob Dylan

You can't be wise and in love at the same time.

Bob Dylan

Passion is a young man’s game. Young people can be passionate. Older people gotta be more wise. I mean, you’re around awhile, you leave certain things to the young. Don’t try to act like you’re young. You could really hurt yourself.

Billy Crystal

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

Bodhidharma

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.

Brigham Young

It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

Brigham Young

We believe we are entitled to the gift of the Holy Ghost in extent according to the discretion and wisdom of God and our faithfulness; which gift brings all things to our remembrance, past, present, and to come, that are necessary for us to know, and as far as our minds are prepared to receive the knowledge of God revealed by that all-wise Agent. The Holy Ghost is God's minister, and is delegated to visit the sons and daughters of men. All intelligent beings pertaining to this earth are instructed from the same source.

Brigham Young

If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.

Brendon Urie

I wanted to talk about a lot of stuff that I've been through. Party-wise, it's taken me almost a decade to party enough to accumulate enough experiences that I could sing about and put in one song!

Brady Anderson

It's so funny that people specify that year because in a way it was the biggest battle for me health wise.

Bonnie Tyler

Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods? Where's the street-wise Hercules, to fight the rising odds?

Bob Wise

Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not determine the quality of a child s education or success in the future workforce," said Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia. "With common standards and assessments, students, parents, and teachers will have a clear, consistent understanding of the skills necessary for students to succeed after high school and compete with peers across the state line and across the ocean.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.