Wisdom Quotes

The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.

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"I think the most important skill is knowing how to listen."
Conan O'Brien
"The best advice I ever got was to just be myself."
Conan O'Brien
D
"The more you know about something, the more you realize how much you don't know."
David Letterman
D
"Wisdom isn't something you're born with; it's something you earn through living."
David Letterman
C
"Don't let other people's opinions rent space in your head."
Cedric the Entertainer
C
"You can't control what happens, only how you respond to it."
Cedric the Entertainer
"I think we're all just making it up as we go along, pretending we know what we're doing."
Paul Reiser
"The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't."
Paul Reiser
R
"The hardest part of comedy is knowing when to stop talking."
Ray Romano
R
"The best advice I ever got was from someone I can't even remember."
Ray Romano
R
"I've learned that staying quiet is sometimes the smartest thing you can do."
Ray Romano
B
"You can't control what people say about you, but you can control how you respond to it."
Bernie Mac
B
"I've learned more from failure than I ever did from success."
Bernie Mac
B
"I ain't got all the answers, but I know that nobody else does either."
Bernie Mac
C
"Wisdom comes from listening more than you speak"
Cedric the Entertainer
"You can't control everything that happens to you, but you can control how you react to it."
Paul Reiser
R
"Keep your mind sharp and your spirit sharper."
Redd Foxx
R
"Wisdom comes with age and experience."
Redd Foxx
T
"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes"
Tony Hancock
T
"Wisdom comes with age"
Tony Hancock
T
"Wisdom is knowing what you don't know"
Tony Hancock
F
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."
Frankie Howerd
F
"One must always maintain a sense of propriety."
Frankie Howerd
"I think people are more than willing to forgive if you can show them how you came to your position."
Garry Shandling
"People are fascinating because of their contradictions, not despite them."
Garry Shandling
"I've learned that listening is more powerful than speaking."
Garry Shandling
"The things we judge in others are usually the things we judge in ourselves."
Garry Shandling
"We're all broken in different ways, and that's what makes us human."
Garry Shandling
"I've learned that you can't think your way into the right answer."
Garry Shandling
"I've never been impressed by people who had it all figured out."
Garry Shandling