#wise

I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise, she might say something that confuses and distracts me. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#between #build #confuses #distracts #i

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#bar #because #end #halfway #just

It would be unwise to say the least, irresponsible of us at the TSA, at the Homeland Security Department not to evolve our technology to match the changing threat environment that we inhabit. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#department #environment #evolve #homeland #homeland security

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#beauty #idiots #makes #merry #sad

You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise. ↗

— James Newman

#even #extremely #feeling #may #otherwise

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin. ↗

— Thandie Newton

#am #babies #despite #drawbacks #having

You know, the man of my dreams might walk round the corner tomorrow. I'm older and wiser and I think I'd make a great girlfriend. I live in the realm of romantic possibility. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#corner #dreams #girlfriend #great #i

I try to combine my work with my family, that's what I aspire to. I don't say that's the only thing. It's not all work and family, because otherwise you would be saying no to the many other things in life and there are many other things. ↗

— Connie Nielsen

#because #combine #family #i #life

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#alike #judged #life #men #regarding

Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#diligent #forgetting #learning #must #otherwise