I left school at 16 but I wish I'd gone to university - I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I don't think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision. Brendan Coyle on wisdom
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom. Menander on wisdom
As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago... I think if I feel any more free it's simply because of the experiences that I've had, and the wisdom I've accumulated from that time. Mary Chapin Carpenter on wisdom
The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future. Roone Arledge on wisdom
All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward. Johann Georg Hamann on wisdom
He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has. Omar Sharif on wisdom
Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom. Paul Greengrass on wisdom
Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. Wallace Stegner on wisdom
Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose also the first announcement of death. Peter Conrad on wisdom
If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year for the Lord will begin with a new century and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment. Joanna Southcott on wisdom
You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact. Harry Dean Stanton on wisdom
Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth. Larry Merchant on wisdom
The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words. Robert South on wisdom
This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school. Thomas Dekker on wisdom
The 'wisdom of the crowds' is the most ridiculous statement I've heard in my life. Crowds are dumb. Drew Curtis on wisdom
However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science. Knut Hamsun on wisdom
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. William Whitehead on wisdom
Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps. Elizabeth George on wisdom
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. Charles Simmons on wisdom
I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. Hippolyte Taine on wisdom