Quotes About Wisdom

Many adult bullies hide behind the idea that bullying happens only among children. They conceive of themselves as adults who know better and are offering their hard-earned wisdom to others. The Internet makes that sort of certainty easier to attain: looking at their screens, adult bullies rarely see the impact of their words and actions.

So, I've learned - as a young Democrat, I've learned to think cautiously before offering advice to Nancy Pelosi.

Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.

Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.

I enjoyed every experience that life offers.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

If my wisdom could get support from officials, I think society would move forward 20 years.

That's my first job on this earth is to make sure that my offspring are as smart as they can be and as well prepared for this world as they can be. So, I take that very seriously.

Common sense often makes good law.

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

I think everyone in their 30s looks back at their 20s and thinks, 'Oh God, if I'd just done this and this, and not done that.'

Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.

Dave Chappelle

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

Everything was my fault. I was so dumb. But if I hadn't made the mistakes I made, I wouldn't have met the wonderful woman I've been married to for over 30 years, so I guess that makes the mistakes OK.

For me, anyone who is over 80, I generally sit down and have a chat to because he is over 80, and he is going OK.

It's okay to be crazy, but don't be insane.

I'm one year away from 70 and I've had a good run. I really believe I'm okay.

It's okay to lie as long as you reach a higher truth doing it.

Ageing's a difficult thing, moving closer to death, but it's okay. I've had a good time living, so I'm gonna have a good time dying.

To be in a magazine when you're 20 is okay, but when you do it when you're 65, it's much more fun!

It's okay to fail if you learn from it.