The true exercise of freedom is - cannily and wisely and with grace - to move inside what space confines - and not seek to know what lies beyond and cannot be touched or tasted.
A. S. Byatt
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
Abba Eban
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
Adlai Stevenson I
Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
Aeschylus
During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
Al Franken
The person who is truly best suited to us is not the person who shares our tastes, but the person who can negotiate differences in taste intelligently and wisely.
Alain de Botton
Patents are like fertilizer. Applied wisely and sparingly, they can increase growth. But if you apply too many chemicals, or make patents too strong, then you can leach the land, making growth more difficult.
Alex Tabarrok
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
Alfred North Whitehead
One of the great responsibilities that I have is to manage my assets wisely, so that they create value.
Alice Walton
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Amos Bronson Alcott
We all have personal brands and most of us have already left a digital footprint, whether we like it or not. Proper social media use highlights your strengths that may not shine through in an interview or application and gives the world a broader view of who you are. Use it wisely.
Amy Jo Martin
Time and energy are finite. You only have so many hours in a day and so many days of your life. The solution to using your time wisely isn't about exerting more energy - eventually you'll run out of steam. The key to reaching your greatest potential is about working smarter, not harder.
Amy Morin
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
Anatole France
You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.
Andreas Schleicher
What slavery really demonstrated was that we don't really know how to use energy wisely and that we can be incredibly abusive and barbaric.
Andrew Nikiforuk
I'm very conscious that I have to, as Premier of this state, make sure we spend taxpayers' money wisely.
Annastacia Palaszczuk
After death we live for some time in the astral world in the astral body used during our life on earth, and the more we learn to control and use it wisely now the better for us after death.
Annie Besant
People doubted me, said I lacked skill. I'm just trying to stay consistent, use my minutes wisely, and do what I can with the opportunity.
Anthony Bennett
I have been offered roles in other things, so it's just about making sure I make my decisions wisely because I don't really want to be typecast.
Ashley Thomas
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet.
I have not always loved wisely, but I was young.
What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
When they are employed wisely, derivatives make the world simpler because they give their buyers an ability to manage and transfer risk.
Every script has things that would draw me away or draw me towards it. But I just try and choose as wisely as possible - when I get to choose.
Remember: If you don't schmooze, you lose. Used wisely, a bit of chitchat helps create a personal connection with your boss and colleagues.
There's only so much you can control when you're fighting, so the things you can control - like your fight song - are pretty important. So you want to pick that wisely.
What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.
People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.
In No Limit hold'em tournaments, size your bets based on your opponent's skill level. You can cut corners by betting wisely - save a little here and make a little extra there.
Choose wisely, then eat in moderation. When I know I'm going to Mom's for dinner, I throw an extra 20 minutes on the cardio machine so I can be ready to eat.
The best way of ensuring that we get what we need is by demonstrating we have a clear plan, we are thinking strategically and ensuring every pound of taxpayer's money is spent wisely and my focus is ensuring we do that.
I think I chose wisely. When it came down to it, I knew I was a better goalkeeper than I was a bowler.
If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.
If I were running a campaign, I'd urge taking the mountain of money reportedly squandered on pizza, coffee and bagels and spending it more wisely - on a talented young comedy writer.
You can only fall in love six times in your life. Choose wisely.
Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.
Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.
We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
Israel is the strongest nation in the Middle East, but we have to apply our strength wisely.
It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance those masters and to accommodate them all, each in their proper places, wisely and well and in so doing to represent the people of the United States.
Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust.
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
Our elected representatives wisely enacted laws to protect our state and local governments from undue outside influence.
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
