Wisdom Quotes

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

64329 quotes

H
"Life has taught me that laughter is sometimes the only logical response."
Harvey Korman
H
"The most important lesson was learning to listen, both to scripts and to people."
Harvey Korman
H
"The most profound moments often come wrapped in layers of absurdity."
Harvey Korman
H
"I learned that the best characters are exaggerations of truth."
Harvey Korman
H
"Life teaches you that the best comedy comes from honest observation."
Harvey Korman
H
"I've always known that a lifetime in entertainment is a lifetime of growth."
Harvey Korman
T
"Everyone has a story worth telling if you know how to listen."
Tim Conway
T
"Great communication is about creating a shared understanding, not just sharing information."
Tim Conway
T
"The most important skill in life is the ability to adapt and laugh about it."
Tim Conway
T
"True wisdom is knowing the difference between a fact and a truth."
Tim Conway
T
"Wisdom arrives slowly, usually after you've already made the mistake."
Tim Conway
S
"I always say, keep a diary and one day it'll keep you."
Sophie Tucker
S
"Mistakes are just stories waiting to be told."
Sophie Tucker
S
"I've learned that silence is sometimes the loudest statement."
Sophie Tucker
S
"I believe that wisdom comes from living, not just aging."
Sophie Tucker
S
"I believe that every wrinkle tells a story worth sharing."
Sophie Tucker
D
"Don't take yourself too seriously; nobody else does anyway."
Don Knotts
E
"Wisdom is knowing when to hold back."
Eddie Cantor
G
"I've never understood why people take offense at jokes. It's just air escaping my mouth."
Gilbert Gottfried
G
"Wisdom is knowing what you don't know, and not admitting it."
Gilbert Gottfried
G
"Communication is 90% talking and 10% listening."
Gilbert Gottfried
F
"My mother always said, 'Be yourself, because everyone else is taken.'"
Fanny Brice
F
"I've learned more from my failures than my successes."
Fanny Brice
F
"I'd rather be interesting than impressive."
Fanny Brice
W
"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence."
Will Rogers
W
"Every person you meet knows something you don't; learn from them."
Will Rogers
W
"Nothing you can't spell will ever work."
Will Rogers
W
"It ain't so much the things we don't know that gets us into trouble as the things we know that ain't so."
Will Rogers
W
"Lettin the cat outa the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin it back in."
Will Rogers
W
"All I know is what I read in the papers and what I see on the street."
Will Rogers