Quotes About Wisdom

I tell everybody that you haven't lived a good life if you haven't made a mistake.

Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her greatest regret.

I always tell myself, 'Nothing's perfect.'

I'm just a story teller.

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

Don't be getting sloppy drunk and telling them dirty jokes.

Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.

My favourite lessons in college were when we would have a professional teach us, or when we went out of the classroom for the day. You take in so much more when someone who's been there and done it is telling you.

I've been doing this for a long time, telling the truth.

Authenticity is the ability to listen to what nature tells us. Listening isn't the same thing as never making a mistake, but the important thing is to learn.

Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does.

I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it's smart to listen to other people's advice, but at the end of the day, you're the only one who can tell you what's right for you.

How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering.

Sometimes I feel that old desire. Then my body tells me it is 50 years old. I take the easy way instead.

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.

I want a news service that tells me what no one knows but is true nonetheless.

Someone once told me to believe 5 percent of what everybody tells you.

The core advantage of data is that it tells you something about the world that you didn't know before.

Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition.

Religion is supposed to be a positive thing when you look at the true religions around the world, not the fundamentalists. You always have to go with what your spirit tells you, not what people advise you. I'm a man that will always follow my own path.

Literature has as one of its principal allures that it tells you something about life that life itself can't tell you. I just thought literature is a thing that human beings do.

Everyone tells me to play as long as you can. Sometimes, it goes in one ear and out the other.

My nan tells me to eat her fish balls and not drink alcohol. I'd rather have the fish balls.

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.