Quotes About Wisdom

The only way we'll know where we're going is to look at the past and to remember who we were through ceremonies and rituals.

I had to grow up, reach a certain age where I see people do have something to show me.

You get to a certain age, and you learn what looks good on you.

I don't give advice. 90% of the time nobody takes it anyway. I will give encouragement and if asked a question as to how, or why I did certain things and if I think this will help whomever is asking the question I will do this.

You find it hard to deal with certain things and as you get older it becomes easier.

We all have things in which we look back and say, 'If I had a chance to do it all over again, I wouldn't do certain things.'

I'm certainly the last person to give advice on, well, anything.

I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.

When I'm an old dude in a rocking chair, I'll have these great war stories.

Chairman Greenspan is, of course, a master.

You can try to challenge everything... but not age!

I've always enjoyed doing challenging things and also challenging common wisdom.

As an actor, it's really exciting and challenging to play a character which is much older than your actual age.

I just think we need to have a little sense of humor about yourself and just live and learn, take some chances.

If you could go back and change things, you might not be the person you are right now.

The acquisition of knowledge need not be like listening to the Gregorian chant.

Anything you want to know, you ask the characters.

You never want to make big decisions when you are emotionally charged.

You can't say Charles doesn't know what he's talking about.

I'm not going to say that a very young Charlie Weber is without his indiscretions. But not anymore; I'm way past those days.

I'm very old. I haven't got time to be charming.

Let's say I don't need to chase the ball as much as before. You learn to find the shortcuts.

Being a cheap bastard now means so much more freedom and choices later.

The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.