Famous Quotes & Sayings

Audre Lorde

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

Arthur Rimbaud

I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, I’d rather remain silent

Edouard Manet

Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.

Edna O'Brien

We all leave one another. We die, we change - it's mostly change - we outgrow our best friends; but even if I do leave you, I will have passed on to you something of myself; you will be a different person because of knowing me; it's inescapable...

Benjamin Franklin

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Benjamin Franklin

What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of things.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.

bell hooks

We fear that evaluating our needs and then carefully choosing partners will reveal that there is no one for us to love. Most of us prefer to have a partner who is lacking than no partner at all. What becomes apparent is that we may be more interested in finding a partner than in knowing love.

Baltasar Gracian

Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.

Ariel Pink

I remember being very psyched for our first tours, despite not knowing about the endless stream of situations and setbacks that we'd face.

Ariana Grande

The thrill of not knowing what's going to happen, trained me to be prepared for anything.

Ariana Grande

One of the most terrible feelings in the world is knowing that someone else doesn't like you. Especially when you don't know what you've done to deserve it.

Anthony Trollope

Those who offend us are generally punished for the offence they give; but we so frequently miss the satisfaction of knowing that we are avenged !.

Diane Ackerman

The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity.

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

Miley Cyrus

The last thing I ever want to do is disappoint my parents. If something ever happened to one of my parents, I'd want them to go knowing I made them proud.

Yes it was (tough). Walking away and knowing I'll probably not get that position again. I always said it's the only place I ever wanted to coach.

We didn't want them brutalized or mistreated. For them to go that morning knowing what we had in mind took a lot of courage.

Bruce Nauman

And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's enough and you can leave it alone.

Bruce Springsteen

Settle back is to settle without knowing.

Brian Tracy

Knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all of human history

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.