Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity.

The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago... I think if I feel any more free it's simply because of the experiences that I've had, and the wisdom I've accumulated from that time.

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.