Knowing Something – Quotes

But you can\\’t stop

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But you can’t stop knowing something, can you? Ellen Ullman

What use is it

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What use is it that knowledge mounts? It’s knowing something good that counts. Friedrich von Logau

Each time a mediocre

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Each time a mediocre singer performs, he is saying, in effect, \”This is good enough for you.\” The audience, thrust into that familiar American mood of knowing something is wrong but not knowing what it is, unconsciously absorbs the insult and projects it back onto the mediocre performer in the form of inattention, rudeness and … Read more

Why did dogs make

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Why did dogs make one want to cry? There was something so quiet and hopeless about their sympathy. Jasper, knowing something was wrong, as dogs always do. Trunks being packed. Cars being brought to the door. Dogs standing with drooping tails, dejected eyes. Wandering back to their baskets in the hall when the sound of … Read more

Knowing something is not

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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. Confucius

The average man is

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The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to himself. Perhaps you are chasing rainbows. You’re after the self-confidence of the average man, when you should be after the humbleness of a warrior. The difference between the two is remarkable. Self Confidence entails knowing something for sure; humbleness … Read more

You can’t do a

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You can’t do a machine without knowing something about how it’s going to work. As for the romantics, the costumes bored me and I don’t enjoy doing period clothes. Boris Vallejo

One sometimes gets the

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One sometimes gets the impression that those intimidating words are there to keep us from understanding. That way, the scholars can appear Superior, and will not likely be suspected of Not Knowing Something. Benjamin Hoff

We can know nothing

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We can know nothing of humankind without knowing something of ourselves. Self-knowledge is the property of those people whose passions have their full play, but who ponder over their results. Benjamin Disraeli

I lay there knowing

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I lay there knowing something eerie ties us to the world of animals. Sometimes the animals pull you backward into it. You share hunger and fear with them like salt in blood. Barry Lopez