Famous Quotes & Sayings

Albert Schweitzer

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

Brian Cox

At every stage of understanding the universe better, the benefits to civilisation have been immeasurable. None of those big leaps were made with us knowing what was going to happen.

Brian Eno

My kind of composing is more like the work of a gardener. The gardener takes his seeds and scatters them, knowing what he is planting but not quite what will grow where and when - and he won't necessarily be able to reproduce it again afterwards either.

Bootsy Collins

The secret to walkin´ on water is knowing where the rocks are.

Booker T. Washington

Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.

Booker T. Washington

Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.

Bobby Knight

Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.

Billy Connolly

I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing what a welder was.

What we know matters, but who we are matters more. Being rather than knowing requires showing up and letting ourselves be seen. It requires us to dare greatly, to be vulnerable.

Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.

Brian Johnson

My willingness to explore and work freely is not without risk, and at times, I find myself caught in a bind... Knowing I can fix whatever goes wrong allows me to paint, not without thought, but without hesitation.

Jane Fonda

I don't want to die without knowing who I am.

Jane Fonda

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

Jan Karon

...weary of k knowing too much and understanding too little.

Junior Seau

There's a window in my life which is football. I try to remember that it's not going to be there forever. That's why staying humble is important; knowing who I am and the message I'm sending out. I always try to be a person first, before I'm No. 55 on the football field.

Elizabeth Rodriguez

I think the things about being with someone and knowing someone so well is that the things you love about them, you always will. The things that drive you crazy will always drive you crazy about them.

Blaise Pascal

All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone.

Blaise Pascal

Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.

Blaise Pascal

We can only know God well when we know our own sin. And those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified Him but have glorified themselves.

Bill James

I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

Charles Olson

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

Daniel Handler

Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.

Daniel Handler

Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why.

Clarice Lispector

Living isn't courage, knowing that you're living, that's courage

Clarice Lispector

I do not know much. But there are certain advantages in not knowing. Like virgin territory, the mind is free of preconceptions. Everything I do not know forms the greater part of me: This is my largesse. And with this I understand everything. The things I do not know constitute my truth.

Elias Canetti

It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.

Eli Roth

There's something very scary about exposing yourself on camera, knowing that you're going to be put on thousands of screens around the world for everyone to judge, but there's also something very thrilling and exciting about it.

Aprilynne Pike

Anyone can pluck a flowertrue strength is knowing how to give it life

Antonio Banderas

It's about paying attention to the little things, the details... Constantly rediscovering your partner, knowing there's a way out of any crisis.

Ben Schwartz

The anxiety of not knowing what my next gig is keeps me hungry.

Barbara Feldon

I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.

Barbara de Angelis

I invite people to examine their lives without negativity, knowing that it's scary, but that not doing it is even scarier.

Barbara Ehrenreich

A lot of what we experience as strength comes from knowing what to do with weakness. Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America