Quotes About Wisdom

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

Certain things give you another perspective in life.

I've always been able to put things in perspective.

Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination.

If I'm going to talk about something, I need to be educated about it, and I need to have seen all the perspectives.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.

This is what old guys do. They get dark and pessimistic.

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin' was good.

One person who has taught me a lot and inspired me a lot was Peter Falk. I was fortunate enough to have worked with him in this movie called 'Vig.' He brought my work to a place where it literally shouldn't have been for another two or three years.

You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.

I never said finish the Congress, because the opposition is needed... I do not have such petty imaginations.

All phenomena are empty.

David Attenborough's 'Life' series is phenomenal. He's a wonderful modern soothsayer.

I'm not Dr. Phil. I'm not Dr. Laura.

You can talk about Phil Jackson for years when he was with the Lakers and the Bulls, I used to read a lot of his stuff.

One thing that continues to worry me is Phil's naivety. It's lovely in ways, but as his dad I don't want him ever to be taken advantage of because of his niceness.

Prince Philip is very intellectual. And Prince Charles is extremely well read.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher.

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

I think, when people hear the word 'philosophy,' they think of Plato and a bunch of people sitting around in their robes pontificating about life and how it should be. But really, somebody who is an active philosopher should not only be thinking of these things but putting them into practice.

If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not of this earth.

Snoopy was a philosopher in a way.

I'm a teacher and a philosopher by nature... In the end, I'm trying to teach people to live a better life. And if I can do that on top of entertain, then I leave the world a better place.