Quotes About Wisdom

I like the idea of there being times when even words cost so much you used them sparingly. I have known a lot of old men and women who talked as if they were paying Western Union by the word.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

Intelligent women always marry fools

I think people have to sharpen their eyes and look. I always feel like a big sponge: I feel like I learn lots of things by osmosis, and I feel that I'm always absorbing. I mean, when people say, 'What is your inspiration?' I could throw up. I mean, I'm inspired by the fact I get up in the morning. And I'm still here.

I learned things by being in Lester Flatts' band, and I learned things by playing with Johnny Cash, and I learned from Pop Staples. I'm a sponge.

I've found that the older I get, the more spontaneous I become.

When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.

Cricket is such a sport that you get to learn something from someone every day.

The Bible is my sport psychology manual.

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

In my old age, I've learned that if I put the right cymbal crash in the very right spot, exactly, it can be as powerful as all my showoff drum rolls in my 20s.

Everyone has blind spots, and even the brightest people are no exceptions.

You don't want to be an iron fist all the time; at least I don't. I like to pick my spots and have a reason for everything that I do.

I'm not the spring chicken anymore.

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.

When we're up 1-0 after 88 minutes, I don't sprint to the sidelines to take a throw-in - I expect that I and my team will be smart.

When you make a decision, you need facts. If those facts are in your brain, they're at your fingertips. If they're all in Google somewhere, you may not make the right decision on the spur of the moment.

Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads.

Getting into the senior squad was an important step for me. I can learn a lot, not only on the pitch but also in everyday life.

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.

I remember as a kid liking long, funny words. And often being into things like that can be perceived as square. But actually, as we know now that we're adults, it's really cool. The more knowledge you have, the better.

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.