Quotes About Wisdom

All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.

If all the fools in this world should die, lordly God how lonely I should be.

When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.

So far, this is the oldest I've been.

All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.

Humor is, by its nature, more truthful than factual.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

You know, Freud accepted his lot very stoically and very well and with a sense of humor. He aged and died gracefully, and there's a lot to be said for that.

You 50 year old one-breasted bag of meat. Just hang it up and be grateful some of your friends are still living.

Be wary of the horse with a sense of humor.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

[W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.

The only laws are paradox, humor and change.

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.

The experienced pastor will recognize to which situation humor belongs and to which belongs sobriety.

Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is.

Perhaps the difference between a professor and a bus driver is that the professor can say stupid things with complete authority while the bus driver is not authorized to make brilliant insights.

The Doctor says, "You'll live to be 60!" "I AM 60!" "See, what did I tell you?"

Sell your presence and purchase bewilderment.

My Irish mate told me, if you file down the edges of a 50 pence piece, you can use it as a 10p.

Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.

Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.