Quotes of Sensible - somelinesforyou

“ A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice. ”

- Bill Cosby

“ The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. ”

- James Russell Lowell

“ If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs. ”

- Sir Peter Medawar

“ There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics — none in which there is more need of good pilots and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high. ”

- Thomas H. Huxley

“ Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. ”

- William A. Foster

“ Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life — learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. ”

- Robert Fulghum

“ Some folks are wise and some otherwise. ”

- Josh Billings

“ If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics. ”

- Will Rogers

“ He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment. ”

- Lao tzu

“ Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. ”

- John Ray

“ He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man. ”

- James Beattie

“ Wine can of their wits the wise beguile,Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile. ”

- Homer

“ During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively. ”

- Brian Koslow

“ Full wise is he that can himself know. ”

- Geoffrey Chaucer

“ He who understands the wise is wise already. ”

- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

“ Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already. ”

- Baltasar Gracian

“ How charming it is that there are words and sounds: are not words and sounds rainbows and illusive bridges between things eternally separated? ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own. ”

- Publilius Syrus

“ Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there. ”

- Orson Welles

“ Some problems are just too complicated for rational, logical solutions. They admit of insights, not answers. ”

- Jerome Wiesner

“ Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. ”

- Cadet Maxim

“ Love is for fools wise enough to take a chance. ”

- Unknown

“ It is impossible to love and be wise. ”

- Francis Bacon

“ Let it alone. Let it pass by. ”

- Jean Baptiste Colbert

“ Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. ”

- Bill Moyers

“ It is not wise to be wiser than necessary. ”

- Philippe Quinault

“ I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around. ”

- Christian Bale
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