Judith Sheindlin (1942) American lawyer, judge, television personality, and author
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQ3fw-7_hA&feature=bf_next&list=UUNOaQAKNIBe0AHquR9ttP0g&lf=plcp
Quotes from Judge Judy cases, Being cocky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37tcUYWijiw
Quotes from Judge Judy cases, Being funny
Judith Sheindlin (1942) American lawyer, judge, television personality, and author
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQ3fw-7_hA&feature=bf_next&list=UUNOaQAKNIBe0AHquR9ttP0g&lf=plcp
Quotes from Judge Judy cases, Being cocky
“A wise person is one who sees the effect of an action before he acts.”
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
Source: Fire without Fuel - The Aphorisms of Baba Hari Dass, 1986, p.41
“No clever person can help here; I see that clearly. Here, only stupidity can help the stupid one!”
Original: (de) "Hier hilft kein Kluger, das seh’ ich klar: hier hilft dem Dummen die Dummheit allein!"
Source: Quotes from his operas, Siegfried, Mime, the dwarf (and master metal-smith), Act 1, Scene 3
“Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.”
Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804) Founding Father of the United States
Elliot's Debates, volume 2, p. 348. (Remarks on the U.S. House of Representatives, at the New York state convention on the adoption of the Federal Constitution, Poughkeepsie, New York July 27, 1788)
“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.”
Ali (601–661) cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol. 78, p. 6
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) American writer
Tiresias, Ch. 7
Space Chantey (1968)
Context: You show signs of levity, and that is the one thing not permitted here. This place is for serious persons only. If you are not serious now, by hell you'll get serious pretty quick!