Best Known Quotes

42 quotes by 42 authors

God is best known in not knowing him. — Saint Augustine
Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born revolutionary who is believed by most Arab and Iranian observers to be the inspiration of the attacks in New York… — James Buchan
In Barcelona, things seem so different. For example, I know that it's traditionally the least Spanish city, but you'd never know they had a monarchy,… — Julie Burchill
One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think the war will last 30… — Bertrand Russell
As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence. — Alcibiades
Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural selection in driving it. — Jared Diamond
His best-known piece is probably his "Canon in D." He also has 'Hexachordium Apollonis', which is also quite famous. — Johann Pachelbel
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven. — Nicolas Caussin
I'm probably one of the four or five best known Americans in the world. — Rudy Giuliani
The book I am best known for, or only known for, is a novel I am prepared to repudiate: written a quarter of a century… — Anthony Burgess
I'm not going to work so that Pena Nieto is the best known or most recognized in the world. I'm going to work so that… — Enrique Pena Nieto
Color is the thing I'm best known for. If people pigeonhole me, so what? Long live the pink dress! — Matthew Williamson
One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature at any rate,… — George Saintsbury
He [Democritus] is probably best known for two of the most scientifically intuitive quotes ever uttered by an ancient: 'Nothing exists except atoms and space,… — Leon M. Lederman
The coaching profession has lost one of its true legends. Though he was best known for winning more football games than any other coach when… — Grant Teaff
Anyone who claims that all religions are the same betrays not only an ignorance of all religions but also a caricatured view of even the… — Ravi Zacharias
My father is best known for his light comedies, and Im best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers. — Vincent Cassel
It was these same families [Rothschild, Rockefeller, Harriman, Bush, etc] who funded the eugenics movement which is pledged to remove the lower genetic blood streams… — David Icke
One of Walt Whitman's best-known poems is this one: When I heard the learn'd astronomer,.... The trouble is, Whitman is talking through his hat, but… — Isaac Asimov
The best known evil is the most tolerable. — Livy

Who Wrote These Best Known Quotes

42 authors contributed a total of 42 Best Known Quotes, led by these top contributors: