Wise Quotes
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Wise is the man who says what needs to be said, but not all that could be said.
Marvin J. Ashton
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A society that does not use the intellectual power of its female population fully is not a wise society. Most women are not as tainted by mistakes in the conduct of the economy as the male population, and now they deserve an opportunity.
Johanna Siguroardottir
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Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.
James Beattie
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There is no gown or garment that worse becomes a woman than when she will be wise.
Martin Luther
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By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum
Steve Albini Big Black
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You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are. Congress will do every thing they can to assist you in this wise intention.
George Washington
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There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.
Selma Lagerlof
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
Tacitus
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I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.
William Hague
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It is wise to agree that all things are one.
Heraclitus
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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
Plutarch
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Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!
Lao Tzu
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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
Plutarch
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The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.
Miguel de Cervantes
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If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife.
Euripides
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For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men.
C. S. Lewis
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O harmless Death! whom still the valiant brave, The wise expect, the sorrowful invite, And all the good embrace, who know the grave A short dark passage to eternal light.
William Davenant
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We need some rules changes. This is an outrage that this, the oldest democracy has now, you know, ranked - when I say ranked 59th, it means that in the percentage of women, in our national parliament, our National Congress, is now ranks 59th from the top. That means 58 countries have more women than we do in percentage wise.
Eleanor Smeal
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O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? O, stay and hear; your true love's coming, That can sing both high and low: Trip no further, pretty sweeting; Journeys end in lovers meeting, Every wise man's son doth know. What is love? 'Tis not hereafter; Present mirth hath present laughter; What's to come is still unsure: In delay there lies not plenty; Then, come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youth's a stuff will not endure.
William Shakespeare
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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
Pindar
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Public-policy-wise, if you want to be consistent, crude oil is a bulk commodity, and you should be able to export it. I would rather the crude go to U.S. refineries to get refined and then export the refined product because we get double, triple the money.
John Shimkus
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My parents called me their wise little baby. I was mature when I was 4 or 5. My brother and sister were older, so I was raised by four adults.
Annabeth Gish
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War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
William Cowper
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Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party.
Joan Crawford