Wisdom and Ignorance

Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.

E. B. White, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Oscar Wilde, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I am not young enough to know everything.

Oscar Wilde, in Wisdom and Ignorance

I was asked by the customs if I had anything to declare. I said: Yes, I'd like to declare -- I'm a genius!

Oscar Wilde, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Oscar Wilde, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.

H. H. Williams, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Work and Recreation

I use not only all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

Woodrow Wilson, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Just because you've been wiping your ass for twenty years, that doesn't mean you've been doing it right.

John Winsett, (said at a training seminar), in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Ludwig Wittgenstein, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of Truth.

Johann Georg von Zimmermann, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.

Unknown, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A pseudo-intellectual is a person who knows what "pseudo" means.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A single fact can spoil a good argument.

Unknown, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

A small journey begins with one step and ends with another.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance