Quotes about wise
wise wine rose
Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses. Oscar Wilde
wise wisdom yoga
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. Oscar Wilde
wise women future
I like men who have a future and women who have a past. Oscar Wilde
wise tree owl
There was a wise old owl who sat in a tree The less he spoke the more he heard The more he heard the less he spoke Why can't we be like that wise old owl in the tree? Speech must die to serve that which is spoken. Paul Ricoeur
wise travel trying
The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time. Paul Fussell
wise travel joy
All the pathos and irony of leaving one's youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveller learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time. Paul Fussell
wise leader possibility
You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less Patrick Ness
wise balls failing
Humor is hard, hard, hard. And if you fail with humor, you don't fail halfway. You drop the ball humor-wise and everyone notices. Patrick Rothfuss
wise flower moving
You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons." Bast smiled a terrible smile. "There is only my kind." Bast leaned closer still, Chronicler smelled flowers on his breath. "You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. You do not know the first note of the music that moves me. Patrick Rothfuss
wise enough should
You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. Patrick Rothfuss
wise hero owl
Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes. Patrick Rothfuss
wise night men
I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear. Patrick Rothfuss
wise brave enough
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
wise sexy fashion
Celia [Brady] is a young woman who, you know, she's still got that fresh young vibe about her but at the same time she's quite wise beyond her years and very mature and she has that womanly, sexy quality, but at the same time she's very youthful in her clothes. She has that interesting mix between the two. I really love that balance about fashion. Lily Collins
wise advice easy
there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
wise engineering talking
We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing. Leon Kass
wise father generations
The fathers who contrived and passed the Consititution were wise in their generation; as time passes, we come more and more to realize their powers of divination. Learned Hand
wise remember fooled
It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time. Laurence J. Peter
wise business men
Fools rush in where wise men fear to trade. Laurence J. Peter
wise littles fairy
Mortals seldom know how greatly they are influenced by fairies, knooks and ryls, who often put thoughts into their heads that only the wise little immortals could have conceived. L. Frank Baum
wise country jobs
Incidentally, the next time some war-mongering wise-ass tries to tell you that one reason we're in the middle east is to enhance the civil rights and social equality of women, remind them that we very enthusiastically destroyed the most secular country over there, where women could dress as they liked, have good jobs, be literate, and vote. L. Neil Smith
wise jobs smart
People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs. P. J. O'Rourke
wise morning jobs
Government usually doesn't work. It doesn't work because it is political. People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs. The difference between the political process and an honest life is the difference between parading around waving picket signs while hollering catcalls in front of the White House and getting up in the morning to go make a living. P. J. O'Rourke
wise pairs worn
Randalf the Wise indeed!I've worn wiser pairs of underpants! Paul Stewart
wise issues people
'We the People' established the Constitution. Did we really do so to somehow keep ourselves out of the decision making. Are we only wise when it comes to electing people capable of governing our affairs, but wholly without the intellect to decide issues for ourselves? Paul Jacob
wise philosophy men
Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched. Oscar Wilde
wise destiny superstitions
As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that. Oscar Wilde
wise understanding looks
To look wise is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier. Oscar Wilde
wise terror symbols
It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors. Oscar Wilde
wise men world
The world has been made by fools that wise men may live in it. Oscar Wilde
wise men thinking
If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself! Idries Shah
wise book ass
Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise. Idries Shah
wise powerful names
When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the Wise'. Idries Shah