Quotes About Wisdom

My mother inculcated wisdom in us, and I want to preserve her wisdom in writing.

I think history is continuous. It doesn't begin or end on Pearl Harbor Day or the day Lyndon Johnson withdraws from the presidency or on 9/11. You have to learn from the past but not be imprisoned by it. You need to take counsel of history but never be imprisoned by it.

I learned more in 11 months in running for president than I did in 12 years of school.

The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis - often despite the advice they were getting.

I think that the great presidents have always been a little more clever.

Experience always enables you to handle pressure better.

We do not pray to God to instruct Him as to what He should do; neither for a moment must we presume to dictate the method of the divine working.

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

I would never presume to give anyone advice.

Oh no, I would never presume to give anyone advice, I would not be so bold.

I would never give advice, because I would feel very presumptuous.

I think in your 30s you can still pretend you're in your 20s, or at least maintain some semblance of youth. Forty is when you've got to stop denying the inevitable.

Forty is the line of demarcation that says you're an adult now. You're an adult, so don't pretend you're a kid anymore.

I don't pretend I know everything.

I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one.

Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to 'own' them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again.

I'm not going to pretend to know one more thing than I know.

Politicians pretend not to be smart.

I go to the lab and in order to interact with my postdoctoral students and try to see if I can shape them to not copy but to ask questions and to think. We have to have a little dialogue because you don't pretend to be the fountain of all wisdom.

I've never been one of those nanas who pretends to be young.

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.

If you're 28 and singing about being over the hill, you're pretending. When you're 67 and singing about it, you know what you're talking about.

I think you can learn from pretty much everybody if you just open your eyes.