#wise

Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author? ↗

— Philip Gilbert Hamerton

#author #ever #more #much #observed

Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise. ↗

— John Heywood

#hanging #likewise #wedding

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. ↗

— David Hume

#evidence #his #man #proportions #wise

These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#birth #child #defect #easier #experimental

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#injury #interest #interests #just #legislation

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man. ↗

— Xenophanes

#recognize #takes #wise #wise man

I haven't stopped writing which is good. I'm scared to stop completely otherwise it might lead to stagnancy. ↗

— Kimbra

#good #haven #i #lead #might

Whether you live to be 50 or 100 makes no difference, if you made no difference in the world. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny-quotes #humor-quotes #inspirational #iving #making-a-difference

What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful. ↗