Sapientiores Quotes & Sayings

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The old creation lives by pride and retribution: I stand up for myself, and if someone gets in my way I try to get even. We've been there, done that, and got the scars to prove it. — N. T. Wright

But it did not stop her from wishing that it had all been different.
Wishing that she had had the chance to be everything daughters of earls were born to be. Wishing that she'd been raised without a care in the world. Without a doubt in her head that it would someday be her day to sparkle; that she would one day be courted properly - by a man who wanted her for her, not as a spoil from a game of chance.
Wishing that she were not so very alone.
Not that wishing had ever helped. — Sarah MacLean

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else. — E. M. Forster

I like the idea of being sort of withdrawn and mysterious, and what can be more mysterious that someone wearing a trash bag, like a dark trash bag, with eye holes that say "nihilism?" You'd be curious. What's underneath that? Is it perfect? Or is it broken? — Eugene Mirman

Tenderness, mercy and love, we all need more of. — Heather Wolf

I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered. — Erin Gruwell

So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional. — Neville Marriner

I could do great things, if I weren't so busy doing little things. — Ashleigh Brilliant

The best of God's saints must drink the wormwood; the dearest of His children must bear the cross. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Privacy is ... connected to a politics of domination. — Bell Hooks

There are many critics whose work I greatly admire. Even though I diverge from T.J. Reed in several important ways, I've learned greatly from his writings on Mann. — Philip Kitcher

Silence rolled at me, in waves.
They are all dead, and you are free.
And you are blameless. — Joyce Carol Oates

Laugh, laugh mother fucker now it's your turn because your black then it's my turn I'm white and I will starttt with your finggerss... I like them nice... so I will start with the winky finga. — Deyth Banger

I don't consider an actor a star if he's paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they're not role models. The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat ... They're getting shot at and they don't have any stunt doubles standing in for them. — Ben Stein

She says that beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. — Sandra Bullock