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People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately.

Oscar Wilde

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

William Shakespeare

The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

William Shakespeare

Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.

Benjamin Franklin

If we will disbelieve everything, because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much what as wisely as he who would not use his legs, but sit still and perish, because he had no wings to fly.

John Locke

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

Amos Bronson Alcott

We're not playing hardball here, ... We've got to make sure that we're spending our dollars wisely. If we come in with too little, too late, and they look at the agreement that we're drafting and that's unacceptable to them, then we'll have to cross that bridge when we get to it.

Craig Taylor

[Donors] want to make sure that the money is used wisely.

Robert Lyon

We asked him to find the culprits, but the president replied wisely that if he started a purge in the security structures without finding out the facts, it would be a direct step toward destroying the whole system.

Taimuraz Mamsurov

I think we have to use it real wisely because if not, we'll be just wasting a lot of money just throwing it away.

Jose Gonzalez

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.

Whitney M. Young, Jr.

This year we are celebrating our fifth anniversary and are proud to add this award to our list of achievements. It is always an honor to be recognized in this way. But, we are so consistently and wisely informed by our clients, that we feel we share this honor with them.

David Eisner

Use them wisely, don't let them burn all the way down. Especially don't let them burn when you go to sleep. We use the saying the easiest fire to put out is the one you prevent.'

Toby Miller

I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy.'

Peter Lynch

They advance further in their job, they save more money, and maybe invest more wisely.

David Popenoe

I say, as to this horrible and blasphemous doctrine, our cause is common with many others, who have both wisely and learnedly, according to Scripture, reason, and antiquity, refuted it.

Robert Barclay

ABDICATION, n. An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the high temperature of the throne. Poor Isabella's Dead, whose abdication Set all tongues wagging in the Spanish nation. For that performance 'twere unfair to scold her: She wisely left a throne too hot to hold her. To History she'll be no royal riddle - Merely a plain parched pea that jumped the griddle. .

Ambrose Bierce

You've just got to use your time wisely. You've got 2-3 weeks to prepare for this game (and) you've got to really study your own game plan and study yourself. The last three years, we've done a great job of that. We've always had a great game plan and went out and executed it.

Paul Pinegar

The important thing is to use today wisely and well, and face tomorrow eagerly and cheerfully and with the certainty that we shall be equal to what it brings.

Channing Pollock

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting the best property of all -- friends?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Time is our most precious asset, we should invest it wisely.

Michael Levy

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.

William Gilmore Simms

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

Abba Eban

Demand for this service is just exploding. Between greater customer awareness and an increase in the number of participating taverns, more patrons are wisely using this service.

Pete Madland

They use the ice very wisely.

Ken Barse

The Medicaid Reform Act of 2006 recognizes the fact that Oklahoma has a broken, outdated system. In talking with Oklahomans, we've found that the Medicaid program is plagued with a lack of access to care, a lack of health literacy, and no incentives for Medicaid consumers to use the program wisely.

Rep. Kris Steele

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.

Anatole France

Worst case scenario, you can lose $5 and gain from the experience and invest more wisely when it's really your money.

Adam Blake

We need to use our time wisely since our time period is very small.

Susan Shaw

I have a passionate, conservative feeling for the citizens that when I spend their dollar, I want to be spending it wisely and not just throwing it away. This city hasn't had fiscal responsibility for some time.

Charles Foster

Nothing knits man to man, the Manchester School wisely taught, like the frequent passage from hand to hand of cash.

Walter Sickert

We invest our shareholders' money wisely, in projects that remain attractive over the long term.

Rex Tillerson

The disparity between Africa University and its better-endowed North American counterparts points out how critical it is that we invest wisely and seek new potential donors to build up our endowment. For a relatively new institution, we've made a lot of progress, but there is still much to be done.

James Salley

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Rodin

We try to make sure we are spending taxpayer dollars wisely. We have a board who wants to be fiscally responsible.

Mary Bach

The urgency and overwhelming need of the earthquake victims is all the more reason for donors to check out the organization to make sure their gift is being used wisely and effectively.

Bennett Weiner

Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. In is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and a manly heart.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It was a smoky event, so wisely, everyone left.

Ross Bannister

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Abba Eban

In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past.

Jo Coudert

If you're going to help the birds in the wintertime, you want to do it consistently and do it wisely.

Alvin May

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Buddha

Citizens want us to use our tax dollars wisely.

Diane Watkins

You don't want it to be an open-ended handout. You want to create incentives for people to act wisely.

Peter May

We've restructured the industry. We think producers are wisely restraining expansion because they know well the adverse impact a rapid expansion could have on both prices and profits.

Daniel Bluntzer

(The RTA) is going for a referendum, and until then, we've got to show people every penny is being spent wisely, ... We've got to concentrate on the buses which get people to work and to the doctor before the trolleys.

Bob Coble

Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

W. Somerset Maugham

While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars.

Michael Crapo

We have a responsibility to spend tax money wisely. It makes no sense to rebuild using outdated data.

David Maurstad

Katrina has sharpened everyone's focus on spending the taxpayers' dollars wisely.

Clay Johnson

Instead of staying at a Holiday Inn, they'll choose to stay at a Super 8. Or instead of eating at a sit down restaurant, they'll choose McDonalds-they shift their budget, they still have that amount of money, but they spend it wisely.

Lisa Cox

With more technologies, there are more choices. Choose wisely and well. You don't have to read every e-mail you get; you need to develop your own rules of thumb and steps to sanity.

Paul Saffo

With a set co-pay, where is the incentive to shop around and spend those dollars wisely?

Steve Wohlwend

Let the count begin not just of the votes not counted in Miami Dade, but as the court so wisely ruled, of the undercounts in every county. Then every American will know with certainty who has won the presidency.

Bill Daley

We wrestled very well. We continued to show improvement. Zach Lopez has been using his practice time wisely and looked much-improved.

Jon Abernathy

I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.

Ava Gardner

Now is the time to start learning and read the financial press and find out. Women control household spending. So they really do have their hands on the pulse of what's going on in America. A lot of women over 40 do have the money saved ? but now it's that fear, 'How do I invest it wisely?' That's the more difficult equation.

Susan Stewart

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

William Makepeace Thackeray

It is important to provide finances for services. Spending money wisely and looking for ways to save money and promote economic development are tasks best done together.

Don Kurre

The Russians want to be an indispensable player in the Balkans. But they know they can only do that if they use their power wisely. They know that calling on Milosevic to cancel the second round is pointless, so they are holding fire until they can be more productive.

Ivo Daalder

As the state's chief fiscal officer, I am committed to making sure tax dollars are spent wisely and in absolute accordance with the law. If during my audit I find that Cassidy & Associates inappropriately used tax dollars, I will immediately suspend all future payments and take the necessary steps to make sure these dollars are returned to the state.

Carole Keeton Strayhorn

The Board is diligent in making certain to spend tax dollars wisely. The community's going to see the difference once everything's in place.

Wayne Jordan

We know from research we've conducted that a high percentage of servicemen and women lack basic financial knowledge. We are here to unveil an important new program that will help members of the armed services and their families manage their money, and save and invest it wisely.

Robert Glauber

Sometimes there is no easy way out, but there is always an easier way out and a harder way out. Choose wisely.

Nathaniel Bronner Jr.

Couples are learning to spend wisely. They are shopping around for all their wedding needs, and they are learning skills that will help them throughout their marriage.

Deborah Gomia

If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation. Whoever concerns himself with big technology, either to push it forward or to stop it, is gambling in human lives.

Freeman Dyson

Time is one of those things that you can never get back, and once it is gone, it's gone. I really want people to use their time wisely and to ask God what he wants me to do with the hours he has given me.

Derek Duncan

FEMA has a responsibility to protect lives and property, and to ensue that disaster re-building efforts use the best data available. We also have responsibility to ensure that federal tax dollars are spent wisely and cost-effectively. It makes no sense to rebuild using outdated data.

David Maurstad

We've got some time and we have to use that time and our resources wisely.

Dorothea A. Shannon

The money's gone. What we need to do now is manage what money we have as wisely as we can.

Rose Davis

We want to be sure that we execute that discretion wisely. We want to look to the future before we make any changes.

Daryl Manning

The argument by proponents is if consumers have more skin in the game, they'll choose wisely. When you look at the facts or figures, especially bankruptcy from medical costs ... consumers already have skin in the game. We all understand the costs.

Mila Kofman

It does not appear that there is a single inspector general who is in full charge of seeing that these monies are wisely spent.

Jay Inslee

If we can stay healthy and use the preseason wisely, we should have a real opportunity to make some noise in 2005.

Chris Foster

The severe impact of the disaster has placed a profound stress on government at all levels, not to mention that of the individuals and businesses attempting to recover. We're going to have to use limited resources wisely.

Andy Kopplin

You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely.

Tom Osborne

The Timor Sea arrangement will not make the people of East Timor rich but it will give the people of East Timor a chance if the proceeds are spent wisely.

Peter Galbraith

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I won't question the minister as to why he was unable, during February, to bring such an important thing concerning pensioners to the House. I hope, however, that the fact that he used that time wisely, in his judgment, it did not turn out to be his worst nightmare.

Ruddy Spencer

The biggest thing I learned from this is to choose your teammates wisely, because you have to work with them for six months, and to set progress goals and stick to them in order to complete the task at hand in time to review your work and make necessary changes.

Kyle Smith

It's difficult to compete and keep businesses from moving to South Dakota when (that state's) property tax is 32nd in the nation. We need to reduce our government entities, have competitive tax rates and spend our resources wisely.

Charese Yanney

I think the message here is, pick your targets wisely, and do not pick on managements or boards unless they are demonstrably inept and the management structures are demonstrably bloated and ineffective. I don't think that's a conclusion you draw from the Time Warner experience.

Fred Lane

Educating girls to be money wise is a good investment. Girls need to learn to earn, and manage it wisely. They need to be smart consumers, vigilant savers, responsible givers, and active participants in the global economy.

Whitney Ransome

Students wisely see and understand that sexual harassment includes a range of behaviors that are not necessarily illegal or criminal.

Elena Silva

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.

Edward O. Wilson