#pro

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#listen #privilege #province #speak #wisdom

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#beauty #future #past #promise #wisdom

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#adding #always #chief #damn #end

No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest him, his attention will slip off to what does interest him, and no amount of exhortation of threats will bring it back. ↗

— John Holt

#attention #back #before #bring #child

Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but that's my problem. ↗

— Tom Holt

#find #haven #how #i #know

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#good mood #having #humor #mood #often

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing. ↗

— Winifred Holtby

#most #probably #things #wants #worth

No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#better #control #i #much #over

I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#independent #moved #museum #new #new york

I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't! ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#fabricate #finger #i #i think #joke