“Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it's not much use.”
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Wise Quotes — page 110 of 916
“There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.”
“They say real girls aint never perfect, perfect girls aint real.”
“I learned working with the negatives could make for better pictures”
“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
“As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection "WISDOM OF THE HEART".”
“When you locate a bargain, you must ask, 'Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?'”
“The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.”
“Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.”
“A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.”
“Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.”
“Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot”
“Understand your limitations and capitalize on them.”
“That's a big responsibility, and the details obsess me. And, also, I no longer feel I have to do the Tonight Show every time I open my mouth. Twenty years ago, I told myself I'd rather direct than act, and it's taken me this long. You lose your passion in acting. You make too many mistakes. Maybe that's why I make so many movies; if you don't like this one, another one's opening on Tuesday. But then I spent six months of my life on 'At Long Last Love,' a picture nobody saw. I enjoyed making it, I learned from it, I grew, but that's too much time out of my life.”
“Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for their influence. Wisdom knows which role to fulfill at the proper time”
“Life is the sum of your choices.”
“If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.”
“Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth”
“I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.”
“Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.”