Quotes About Wisdom

It's very important what you say to kids. You have to walk a very fine line between talking about your life and talking about what you've done.

Books are a finer world within the world.

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.

The people I always loved listening to had a little bit of dirt under their fingernails because they had done some living and had these stories to talk about.

I ain't learn everything yet at 95. But I got good fingers, that's one thing, I got good fingers. If it weren't for them fingers I wouldn't be going now.

You never finish learning.

I don't think I've ever read an old book through from start to finish. Not after more than six months after writing it, that is.

I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.

When you're young, you think life is forever, but it's finite. I'm 68, so even by the maddest measurements, I'm in the last bit of life.

You can't put out fire with fire.

I did learn a lot from 'Things We Lost in the Fire,' but I've learned different things from different films.

Some people when they get older are so firm in their beliefs that you'll never move them.

I'm a firm believer in reading actual books.

When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.

Age is just a number. For 18 months at Boro I was the first one in at training and one of the last out. I look at people like Manuel Pellegrini and Marcelo Bielsa and think they all have something to offer.

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.

Don't bottom fish.

Don't fix what's not broken.

Everyone says, 'Oh, it's hard because she's older.' But at the same time, I feel like I know how to make corrections faster, and I know what to fix.

As I've gotten older, I've become much more effective at seeking and accepting help and bringing other people into the discussion. You start to understand that you can't control or fix everything on your own.

Stupid can't fix stupid.

When I look at my catalog, most of my songs are about love or relationships. And I'm smart enough to say if it's not broken, don't fix it.

I'm really lucky to have colleagues in the White House press corps who are both amazing mothers and amazing journalists. Their collective wisdom has proven invaluable in my own journey.

America still has a race problem, though not the one that conventional wisdom would suggest: the racism of whites toward blacks. Old fashioned white racism has lost its legitimacy in the world and become an almost universal disgrace.