Wise Quotes
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Fools make researches and wise men exploit them-that is our earthly way of dealing with the question, and we thank Heaven for an assumed abundance of financially impotent and sufficiently ingenious fools.
H. G. Wells
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'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page.
Jessye Norman
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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
William Makepeace Thackeray
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The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
Walter Savage Landor
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Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind.
Joanne Rowling
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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
Diogenes
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Plot-wise, there's nothing particularly groundbreaking about 'Scalped.' It starts off as something we've seen plenty of times before: the story of an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a criminal organization and the story of the guy at the head of that organization. The twist was always the setting: a modern-day Native American reservation.
Jason Aaron
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I'm an early bird and I'm an owl. So I'm wise and I have worms.
Steve Carell
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I don't think it's wise to shut down the government.
Matt Bevin
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
Chanakya
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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
Francis Bacon
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You couldn’t pay me a billion dollars to take marijuana. I don’t really like coke anymore. I’m scared of ecstasy. The one drug I'd like to try one day is Ayahuasca, which should be mandatory for everybody. It’s apparently this crazy tea that gives you these intense hallucinations. Everyone who takes it sees a wise old black man who takes you on a wild journey. I’m not going to name names, but everyone who takes it sees the same black guy. I'm not kidding you. Everyone!
Courtney Love
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
Ovid
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The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
Isaac D'Israeli
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Obviously there are not too many people who get a chance to play in the Olympics in their hometown. That would be something special, but going into the summer you have to be realistic with yourself, and health-wise and motivation-wise you have to be willing to do what it takes.
Joe Sakic
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To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
Isaac Watts
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Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn't have worked. So when one of our wise managers suggested the idea of considering two different album, it cleared the way for us.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead
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And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
Corrie Ten Boom
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A role model for me is somebody who is really empathetic and has a calm strength to them. Sometimes you meet random people and they're really inspiring because they seem wise; they've gone through things.
Banks
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His father thought he had a wond'rous wise look when he was born, and so he named him Solomon, thinking that if indeed he turned out to be wise the name would fit him nicely, whereas, should he be mistaken, and the boy grow up stupid, his name could be easily changed to Simon.
L. Frank Baum
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What the Internet has done is made it easier to stay in touch with people, and social networking has helped me career-wise by helping me keep in touch with my fans.
James Wan
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The wise are wise only because they love.
Paulo Coelho
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My mother was a very wise and strong person.
Jennifer Hudson