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Quotes About Wisdom

I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.
~ Wilford Brimley
The integral vision embodies an attempt to take the best of both worlds, ancient and modern. But that demands a critical stance willing to reject unflinchingly the worst of both as well.
~ Ken Wilber
I am deeply impressed with the gravity and wisdom with which most federal judges approach the responsibility of sentencing. It is a difficult, soul-searching task at best.
~ Robert Kennedy
Wow, " she said. "It's like you're teaching me something and being all wise.""You are not easy to get along with, " Skulduggery said.
~ Derek Landy, Mortal Coil
Leadership is about making the right decision and the best decision before, sometimes, it becomes entirely popular.
~ Martin O'Malley
All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.
~ Wislawa Szymborska
Conventional wisdom is not always the best wisdom.
~ Doug Ducey
You can only make sense of the online world by going offline and by getting the wisdom and emotional clarity to know how to make the best use of the Internet.
~ Pico Iyer
One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
~ Bette Davis
Drink, eat, jump and dance as much as you can stand tonight, but not too much, because you are fifty now.
~ Menachem Mendel Schneerson
I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years young.
~ Herbert Beerbohm Tree
I ain't as good as I once was, But I'm as good once as I ever was.
~ Toby Keith
You're birthday reminds me of the old Chinese scholar..... Yung No Mo
~ Unknown
Take every birthday with a grain of salt. This works much better if the salt accompanies a large margarita
~ Maxine
At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.
~ Naguib Mahfouz
To me age is a number, just a number. Who cares?
~ Jeanne Moreau
Age for me is just a number.
~ Haile Gebrselassie
Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.
~ Gustave Flaubert
In your 50s, time becomes precious and must not be wasted. Every minute is an excellent opportunity for a good nap. Happy 50th birthday!
~ Bill Cosby
At fifty everyone has the face he deserves.
~ George Orwell
If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
~ Al Bernstein
If I had to live again I would do exactly the same thing. Of course I have regrets, but if you are 60 years old and you have no regrets then you haven't lived.
~ Unknown
I've got everything I had 20 years ago, except now it's all lower.
~ Gypsy Rose Lee
Being vintage like a fine wine Should make you proud of being old And being mature like a cheese Certainly explains the mould! Fester on undaunted into your 7th decade
~ John Walter Bratton