Wisdom Sayings
231 sayings found from the Modern era from 231 authors
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Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.
It is not enough to be a good Jew; you must be a good human being.
I must tell you that I was never a beautiful woman. But I am a very good cook.
It is our intention to bear the unbearable and endure the unendurable.
Today it is us. Tomorrow it will be you.
The greatest danger that faces Africa is the danger of Balkanization, the danger of being broken up into small, fragmented states.
The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.
The Pope? How many divisions has he got?
I am not a person to be afraid. I am a person to be feared.
The assegai is my father, the shield is my mother.
That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget.
A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future.
When I thought I couldn`t go on, I forced myself to keep going.
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it!
If one of our customers comes into the store without a smile, I'll give them one of mine.
I wish to be left in peace. I do not wish to be in contact with the white man, nor do I wish to be disturbed by him.
I have killed many; I have scalped many. I have captured women and children. I have done all that is bad. But I did it to defend my people.
What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational.
It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.
I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole.