Know Nothing Quotes

486 quotes by 359 authors

What WE represent is the nexus of concrescent novelty that has been moving itself together, complexifying itself, folding itself in upon itself for billions and… — Terence McKenna
It will probably surprise many who know nothing of Proudhon save his declaration that 'property is robbery' to learn that he was perhaps the most… — Benjamin Tucker
The worst thing you can do is invest in companies you know nothing about. Unfortunately, buying stocks on ignorance is still a popular American pastime. — Peter Lynch
You can't participate in agriculture or redesign of aircraft for making them safer if you know nothing about it. Â So, whenever a person says… — Jacque Fresco
When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name. — Vilfredo Pareto
You know nothing of war. War is dark. Black as pitch. It is not a God. It does not laugh or weep. It rewards neither… — R. Scott Bakker
The blues comes right back to a person's feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don't know nothing about the blues, please… — Jimmy Rushing
You know nothing about Hope, that immortal, delicious maiden forever courted forever propitious, whom fools have called deceitful, as if it were Hope that carried… — George Eliot
When I was 15, I did not know nothing about what concerned the world of music. — Maurice Jarre
Where there is clarity, there is no choice. And where there is choice, there is misery. But then, why should I speak, since I know… — Peter Tork
If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of… — Amy Carmichael
If I can enjoy a joke at the expense of another; if I can in any way slight another in conversation, or even in thought,… — Amy Carmichael
If a sudden jar can cause me to speak an impatient, unloving word, then I know nothing of Calvary love. For a cup brimful of… — Amy Carmichael
If I take offence easily; if I am content to continue in cold unfriendliness, though friendship be possible, then I know nothing of Calvary love. — Amy Carmichael
If the ultimate, the hardest, cannot be asked of me; if my fellows hesitate to ask it and turn to someone else, then I know… — Amy Carmichael
I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally… — Lord Chesterfield
Electricity and magnetism are those forces of nature by which people who know nothing about electricity and magnetism can explain everything. — Egon Friedell
It is completely in accord with the etatist thinking prevalent everywhere today to consider a theory to be finally disposed of merely because the authorities… — Ludwig von Mises
Don't criticize something you know nothing about. It only brings people down and makes everyone miserable. — Laura Hall
Those who analogize the federal budget to a family's budget must know nothing about either. — Robert Reich

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