Quotes About Wisdom

Don't keep reaching for the stars because you'll just look like an idiot stretching that way for no reason.

I'm a very private person who grew up with a strict German mother who believed 'loose lips sink ships.'

Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.

Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.

I know how to move the people, but I know also where to stop in my own actions so that, when I strike, I shall be felt and not seen.

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

I try and strike a balance between being sensible and sensitive.

I think, as I get older, I appreciate how great 'Empire Strikes Back is.' You know, because you realize, man, that is a dark movie and it ends on such a dark note.

The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

I come armed with a really good ignorance. I don't strive toward ignorance. I come by it naturally.

I strive to get better and better in understanding how the world works.

It's the manager's job to always knock on the door, to always strive to improve, but there has to be a reasonable degree of common sense too.

My whole premise has been, right from the beginning, that it would take me a lifetime to learn to explain myself as an artist. As you grow older, you learn what to do and what to leave out. You kind of simplify your work and get the same thing done with fewer strokes. It's pretty interesting to me.

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger.

My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father.

Right reason is stronger than force.

I am just trying to get biblically stronger.

Things are old. Parts are old. I'm talking about 'us' parts. AARP-parts. Some of us were born with stronger parts than others.

People forget that the more we know about the world - about people, cultures, and about life - the stronger we are as actors because the more we can bring to our characters.

People talk about the brain weakening as it ages. Mine feels stronger.

Women could never beat men physically. So we have to be stronger in other ways.