Sentence examples for as being wise from inspiring English sources

In a year when the judges were looking for "readability" and books that "zip along", it was sad they overlooked a novel which had these qualities, as well as being wise, funny and sometimes distressing – It Had to Be You (Harper), the 18th novel by David Nobbs.

Don't say anything until the meeting is half over; this stamps you as being wise.

What matters, as far as being wise goes, is not that a wise person has knowledge, but that she has highly justified and rational beliefs about a wide variety of subjects, including how to live well, science, philosophy, mathematics, history, geography, art, literature, psychology, and so on.

Also in 2006, she was described by The Guardian as being "wise beyond her years" and as "one of the best actresses of her generation".

Lawrence's "religion" can read like an alarming rant on the page: "a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect".

For, in the classical discussion of properties, the nominalization of predicates such as is wise into nouns fit to refer, has been taken to count in favor of universal realism.

"The three-year hiatus was about as long as was wise," said Napolitano, who became UC president just over a year ago after serving as U.S. secretary of Homeland Security and Arizona governor.

Or it can be as complicated as expectations of a particular mode of behavior, such as always being wise and understanding, or never spouting off in anger.

Because he is as wise as he is vicious and as generous as he is wise.

This reads like a classic, living and breathing and funny, as entertaining as it is wise.

has developed canyons deep enough to lead a tour group through; the eyes are as weary as they are wise.