Quotes About Wisdom

El genio irlandés Parnell sabía la respuesta, pero nadie le formularía la pregunta.

He opened my eyes to just how great S. J. Perelman was, superior to all other funny minds, an axiom I hold to this day.

Mi apología Al final , la valerosa muerte de Sócrates confirió a su vida auténtico significado, algo de lo que mi existencia carece totalmente.

Para acabar con el ajedrez Correspondencia Metí la pata. Perdóneme. El hecho de que usted no se percatara de que faltaba una carta indica igualmente cierto despiste por su parte, que yo, por la mía,atribuyo a su impaciencia, pero Dios sabe que todos cometemos errores. Así es la vida. Y el ajedrez

I met Tati, who advised me to save my money lest I wind up in the old actor's home, where he had just come from visiting a friend.

So she sells her hair to buy him a watch fob and he sells his watch to buy combs for her hair. The moral I drew was you're always safer giving cash.

This case needs a Solomon, unfortunately we got Roy Bean.

Well, as someone who's never had any interest in a legacy, what can I say? I'm eighty-four; my life is almost half over. At my age, I'm playing with house money.

Solvency being the better part of valor, I let it slide rather than nuke the trio with one lick of my vermilion tongue.

She said they should view the marriage as a learning experience and, rather than have any regrets, they should focus instead on the alimony

I disagreed. I disagreed with the unquestioning confidence of the truly ignorant

Sophocles said to never have been born may be the greatest boon of all.

She bought him a leather-bound edition of Miss Julie and inscribed it "To Jerry, You only live once. If you're a schlemiel, twice won't help. Love, Lulu.

The truth is you never know when you have to rely on Aristotle or Confucius when faced with choosing to hit a lamppost or running over a man coming from Zabar's with fresh bagels.

I was taught by Danny Simon to rely on my own judgment, and I don't like to waste precious time on what can easily become a distraction.

I tease my parents in this account of my life, but each imparted knowledge to me that has served me well over the decades. From my father: When buying a newspaper from a newsstand, never take the top one. From Mom: The label always goes in the back.

Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.

A team of horses cannot overtake a word that has left the mouth.

If a man has been your teacher for a day, you should treat him as your father for the rest of his life.

The adept does not show himself;     He who shows himself's no adept.

Never pour the Elixir of Life as if it were an ordinary liquid. He who entrusts the secret of the dark forces to unworthy ears is making his jaws do unnecessary work and talks his tongue dry to no purpose.

Don't go away! Have a taste of old Monkey's rod!

Why did you go towards the monster when he wanted to eat you up instead of running away? Now he's swallowed you. Today you're still a monk, but tomorrow you'll be a turd.

A bird in the hand is worth three in the Bush.