Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake. – Nick Clooney Category: Wisdom
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. – Erica Jong Category: Wisdom
I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom. – John Barrymore Category: Wisdom
You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact. – Harry Dean Stanton Category: Wisdom
It is not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six. – John W. Gardner and Francesca Gardner Reese Category: Children
Im a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought. – Jimmy Wales Category: Freedom
I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34. – Larry Hagman Category: Age
Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Category: Wisdom
