wisdom

"We do not benefit from a relationship with China or any other country in which we put our values and our ideals aside. And for the young people, practicality is a good thing. There are times where com…"

"Archbishop Romero of El Salvador was a member of the Salvadoran aristocracy. He could not have risen to the top of the church hierarchy otherwise. But after he began voicing critical remarks about the…"

"Let fools seek it. They shall win it not. For although my treasure house be empty as air, no deadly creature in rocky lair, no sentinel outside anywhere, no pitfall, poison, trap, or snare, above and …"

"Our understanding of how markets and businesses operate was passed down to us more than a century ago by a handful of European economists — Alfred Marshall in England and a few of his contemporaries o…"

"The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God."

"But the wise man knows that all things are in store for him. Whatever happens, he says: “I knew it."

"The second economic reality I would want to talk about, is the fact that he spent more time in this State of the Union message demonizing immigrants than on any other topic. Stories of immigrants bein…"

"Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered."

"Starting from the first day in office, this is the only way to urgently address the most pressing problems of every sector of the Philippines. In governing this country, we cannot afford to dawdle or …"

"The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation."

"As a general rule philosophy is like stirring mud or not letting a sleeping dog lie. It is an attempt to deny, circumvent or otherwise escape from the consequences of the interlacing of the roots of t…"

"An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall."

"Loving one another is half of wisdom."

"On the poor use of grammar It's a matter of usage. If a house is off-plumb and rickety and lets in the wind, you blame the mason, not the bricks. Our words are up to the job. It's our syntax that's li…"

"One friend, one person who is truly understanding, who takes the trouble to listen to us as we consider our problem, can change our whole outlook on the world."

"Chance and chance alone has a message for us... Only chance can speak to us."

"Chorus : Yet I have not been seen frequenting the wrestling school intoxicated with success and trying to seduce young boys; but I took all my theatrical gear and returned straight home. I pained folk…"

"But this is his way; it is the language of his character; and, though one might wish it to be otherwise, yet I cannot tell what right any of us have to pass a severe sentence upon it, for no other rea…"

"There's a misunderstanding somewhere, and I want to put it right. The fact is, this is a good dragon."

"The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise."