Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes. Madeleine M. Kunin balancebasketfulcommon Change image and share on social
In order to predict effectively, we need to use science. And the reason that we need to use science is because then we can reproduce what we're doing; it's not just wisdom or guesswork. And if we can predict, then we can engineer the future. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita effectivelyengineerfuture share on social
It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology. Freeman Dyson acceptbiologycentury Change image and share on social
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 assumeaxiomblind Change image and share on social
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love. Honore de Balzac apprehensionheavenlylove Change image and share on social
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh. Francis of Assisi confoundfleshholy Change image and share on social
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. Ambrose Bierce acquaintanceembraceenable Change image and share on social
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. Arthur Conan Doyle axiomimportantinfinitely Change image and share on social
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson knowledgelingerwisdom Change image and share on social
The blowback against a bailout of Lehman would have been fierce. It is often forgotten, but the prevailing wisdom the day after Lehman fell was that its collapse was a good thing. Andrew Ross Sorkin bailoutblowbackcollapse Change image and share on social
