Famous Quotes & Sayings

Albert Schweitzer

Knowing all truth is less than doing a little bit of good.

Charles Olson

of rhythm is image / of image is knowing / of knowing there is / a construct

Eleanor Roosevelt

I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

I feel so bad, ... I didn't shoot from a truck; I didn't knowingly do anything that was illegal. This is embarrassing.

I can't sleep at night no more knowing that we could have lost him. There's just no words for it.

I don't regret the shot. I regret not knowing that I needed to move. It's frustrating.

Elizabeth Bowen

Plot is the knowing of destination.

Elizabeth Bowen

Good general-purpose manners nowadays may be said to consist in knowing how much you can get away with.

John Beck

We were confident, knowing we'd come back. I thought we were going to win it. Stuff happens.

Abdurrahman Wahid

All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.

Justin Timberlake

I think it's important to remember that you go into something like marriage knowing that you don't know very much about it at all. But I do look at the marriage of my mother and stepdad, and what makes it work for them is that it's a team effort.

I would rather have done it myself and failed, than to succeed knowing that I have cheated.

Vince Spadea

I lost some valuable things, but the worst thing is knowing someone was in my room while I was sleeping.

Paula Jones

I feel much safer knowing that's where my son is going.

I can leave knowing that this school is operating smoothly.

Todd Lowe

Vampires are pretty frightening. Knowing they can 'glamor' you is pretty weird. And you shake hands or hug them and they're cold. I wouldn't like that.

We're lost, not knowing what the next day is going to bring.

Nile Rodgers

I'm always swimming forward like a shark. You just keep going and you don't rest. I love waking up knowing that I have a problem to solve.

We have the mentality and we understand the expectations that have been set. Knowing you can do it and actually doing it are two different things, but for now, I know we can repeat from last year.

Aaron Levie

The chance of failure is almost always better than the guarantee of never knowing.

Nick Park

There is no worse situation to be in than Oscar night. Not knowing whether you've won is completely draining.

Charles de Gaulle

Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.

Charles Dickens

Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again.

Charles Dickens

We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner.

Charles Spurgeon

This is faith, receiving the truth of Christ; first knowing it to be true, and then acting upon that belief.

Alan Alda

I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

To know God is to fear Him. And this fear is to love Him as He deserves to be loved.

Dave Barry

I never start a section of the story without knowing how it will end. I also consciously try to shape the story as though it were a movie.

David Sanborn

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

Bruce Wilkinson

What counts is knowing who you want to be and asking for it.

Bryan Stevenson

Knowing what I know about the people who have come before me, and the people who came before them, and what they had to do, it changes my capacity to stay engaged, to stay productive.

Catherine Deneuve

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.