Wisdom Quotes

"It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any."

"Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you."

"Men are easy to manage, you just have to know the right buttons to push."

"A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up."

"My advice is not to worry about things you can't control."

"To pity a man is not the same as to pity a woman."

"I never made mistakes - I just had learning experiences."

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything else."

"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad."

"The heart wants what it wants, but sometimes the brain has to take control."

"Silence is sometimes the loudest statement."

"An optimist is someone who goes into a restaurant and looks at the menu."

"The older I get, the smarter my parents were."

"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"

"The way to keep a secret is to never tell it."

"Science is organized knowledge, wisdom is organized life."

"I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can."

"Details are everything. It's the little things that make the difference."

"Forget what hurt you in the past, but never forget what it taught you."

"The instrument of a fool is his tongue and a wise man's treasure is his silence."

"It is always well to know where to turn when lost."

"The best time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water."

"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid."

"Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do."

"The worst of all diseases is a closed mind."

"I do not believe in taking the right decision, there is no such thing as the right decision. There is only the decision that you have to take."

"Your reputation is your most valuable asset; protect it carefully."

"The key to understanding people is to listen more than you speak."

"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, and to have them close together."

"I'd rather be looked over than overlooked."