Famous Quotes & Sayings

Will Durant

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard

Sara Evans

Even the wise need wisdom.

Raymond E. Feist

Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.

Richard Francis Burton

[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred.

Richard Gere

I would say that the West is very young, it's very corrupt. We're not very wise. And I think we're hopeful that there is a place that is ancient and wise and open and filled with light.

Ricardo Reis

Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world.

Rich Mullins

I think, writing-wise, I am probably more of a quilter than a weaver because I just get a little scrap here and a little scrap there and sew them together.

Rob Bell

Your deepest, darkest sins and your shameful secrets are simply irrelevant when it comes to the counterintuitive, ecstatic announcement of the gospel. So are your goodness, your rightness, your church attendance, and all of the wise, moral, mature decisions you have made and actions you have taken.

Richard Le Gallienne

In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more coming to share with each other as comrades, and really the fun of life seems in no wise diminished as a consequence.

Richard Le Gallienne

It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living.

Vladimir Lenin

Crime is a product of social excess.

Philip Coyle

If Portsmouth were to be closed, the U.S. would be left with only 8 percent excess capacity,

Suzi Quatro

I have record approximately 10 studio albums. I had 16 top ten singles and sold in excess of 45 million records all over the world.

William Blake

The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom...for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.

Oscar Goodman

I drink to excess, I gamble to excess, but everyone knows it, so it's not a big deal.

Peter Doyle

There was a lot of speculative excess that had to be shaken out of the market. And I think that's what we're seeing here today.

Heather Graham

I try to get 11 or 12 hours of sleep a night. It sounds excessive but that's really what I need.

Bob Beauprez

Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what comparable workers in the private sector enjoy. In some instances, the total premium can be 30 percent or higher.

Richard O'Brien

He who quotes himself has a fool for a source.

Richard P. Feynman

An ordinary fool isn't a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible!

Robert Plant

All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish.

Washington Allston

The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.

George Bernard Shaw

I learned to speak as people learn to skate or cycle, by doggedly making a fool of myself until I got used to it

Matt Lawton

I made a terrible and foolish mistake that I will regret for the rest of my life.

Craig Barlow

I'm sure we looked like fools down there, ... but if I had to do it all over again, I would have aimed at the same target.

Manny Ramirez

I'm not ready, so I'm not going to go out there and make a fool of myself.

Kellan Lutz

Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.