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We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out. -- Melissa Etheridge
We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser. -- Yoko Ono
We're getting dumbed down, taste-wise. -- Alton Brown
The fool inherits, but the wise must get. -- William Cartwright
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise. -- Quintus Ennius
Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. -- Benjamin Franklin
But I believe the older I get, I'm wiser and I train smarter. -- Tyson Gay
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. -- Ludwig Borne
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. -- Baltasar Gracian
A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out. -- Saul Bellow
I did theatre in the U.S. because there, content-wise, it's very light. In India, theatre tends to get preachy. -- Vir Das
Age doesn't mean anything. Its all in your head. Men get sexier with age. They also get wiser and get experienced. -- Arjun Rampal
The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too. -- Dennis Prager
Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older because it's fun! -- Maya Angelou
We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell. -- James Stephens
When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age. -- Erik Erikson
The last thing I want to do is get togged up, go out and be polite. -- Greg Wise
When you allow racial disparity and institutional inequity to affect one part of the country, eventually it's coming back to get everyone. -- Tim Wise
In short, and let us be clear on it: race is not a card. It determines whom the dealer is, and who gets dealt. -- Tim Wise
I am starting to hate airports and the whole business of getting onto the plane. It all takes so long I want to scream. -- Greg Wise
Too often, people get elected to a body, to any office, and the first thing they do is talk about how this year, it's going to be different. -- Bob Wise
I think you must be running away from something pretty enormous if you don't want to see a person more than once or twice. I think relationships don't get interesting for quite a while. When the initial heady rush fades, that's when it gets really exciting. -- Greg Wise
Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise. -- Barbara Kingsolver
The unconscious process moves spiral-wise around a center, gradually getting closer, while the characteristics of the center grow more and more distinct. -- Carl Jung
As human beings in general ... I don't think we've grown that much. Technology wise, we are getting too intelligent for our own good. -- Butterfly Boucher
I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely. -- Guy Pearce

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