Quotes About Wisdom

We're not going to outgrow our need for information.

I've got a lot of experience under my belt, but I still have a very naive and idealistic outlook on life.

I believe intellect is needed in order to develop any creative output and that intellect alone is not enough!

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

O never give me over to my own heart's desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!

I'm grateful that I've matured and that I've gained that wisdom to be a better person, a better actress, a better musician and a better entertainer overall.

I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.

When one is young, one can become distracted and overconfident.

My belief is that we should never become overconfident.

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

Sometimes when you're young and a little more immature, you can overdo things or not really have your legs under you.

When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!

I am fine with the fact that some of my hair is gray. If it was all gray overnight, that would be a scary thing.

One can't feel old in a day or overnight!

I think average investors should not trade a lot. The evidence is overpowering. The more you trade, the less you earn.

Being right is overrated! If someone is saying that they're right about the future, that's a claim only a fool would make.

Well Socrates is 70 when he dies. He's been allowed to philosophise freely in the city for almost 50 years. He clearly was - genius is an overused word - but he clearly did have something of the genius about him.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

An old Buddhist saying: BELIEVE nothing because it is said to be of divine origin. BELIEVE nothing because a wise man said it. BELIEVE nothing because its belief is generally held. BELIEVE nothing because it is written in ancient books. BELIEVE nothing because someone else believes it. BUT believe only what you yourself know to be true.

More often than not, wisdom is at the mercy of curiosity.