Quotes by Wisdom A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub. The gardener objected that it only flowered once in a hundred years. "In that case," said the wise man, "plant it immediately." [On the importance of fundamental research.] John Charles Polanyi wisdomwisescience Two hundred years ago the first liberal economist, Adam Smith, warned businessmen that they could absorb only a certain amount of rigidity. In the easy days after World War II... wage rises could be financed out of inflationary price increases. John Chamberlain wisdomwaryears Thus a new way of finding fluidity will inevitably be imposed on management and labor alike. The profit-sharing, or "progress" sharing union contract is the only possible way of satisfying labor and the consumer without saddling industry with fixed costs that in depression periods can kill off marginal companies like flies. John Chamberlain progresscostwisdom But now that foreign steel, and foreign cars, are moving into the United States in increased quantities at relatively low prices, the United States can no longer keep its business system fluid by inflation. John Chamberlain carwisdommoving You are foolish, but without fools there would be no wisdom. John Colton foolwisdomwould-be Conscience is wiser than science. Johann Kaspar Lavater wiserwisdomscience A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult. John Churton Collins wisdomwisemen Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil - not the strength to choose between the two. John Cheever wisdomeviltwo Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise. Johann Kaspar Lavater wisdomwiseknows None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe freedompowerfulwisdom All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wisdomwisetime Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes. John Donne equalpoliticalwisdom Individuality is freedom lived. John Dos Passos individualitylibertywisdom Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society. John D. Rockefeller growthpurposewisdom Many of the deficiencies of our economic system could be alleviated if ways were found to broaden the ownership of the means of production... This has happened in some companies through ESOPs. Successful approaches of this sort would pay dividends in terms of employee commitment and morale. And they would not deprive anyone of his present holdings since they are based on future growth. John D. Rockefeller wisdommeancommitment I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the members of Congress are fully possessed of their contents, and shall have had opportunity to deliberate on the consequences of their publication; after which time, I submit them to your wisdom. John Adams wisdommayopportunity The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, freedom of observation and of judgment, exercised in behalf of purposes that are intrinsically worth while. The commonest mistake made about freedom is, I think, to identify it with freedom of movement, or, with the external or physical side of activity. John Dewey wisdommistakethinking Of all the forms of wisdom, hindsight is by general consent the least merciful, the most unforgiving. John Fletcher hindsightformwisdom It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly. John George Nicolay politicalpartywisdom Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. John F. Kennedy governmentwisdomthinking«9899100101102103104105106107108»
