Posts Tagged ‘Wisdom’
Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.
Woody Allen
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but awhile he knows something.
Wilson Mizner
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
William J. H. Boetcker
The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
William James
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James
In a general way, we try to anticipate some of your questions so that I can respond no comment with some degree of knowledge.
William Baker
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.
William Blake
I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.
Washington Irving
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them.
Werner Karl Heisenberg
Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.
Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun