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Knowing Quotes by George Orwell
- To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out,…
- There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought…
- I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be determined by the…
- It is a feeling of relief, almost of pleasure, at knowing yourself at last genuinely down and out. You have talked so often of going…
- We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of…
- We may be together for another six months—a year—there’s no knowing. At the end we’re certain to be apart. Do you realize how utterly alone…
- We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of…
More Knowing Quotes
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov
- Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and a tool.… — Margaret Atwood
- Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put… — Kevyn Aucoin
- God is best known in not knowing him. — Saint Augustine
- A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. — Jane Austen
- Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn. — Burt Bacharach
- The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know. — Gaston Bachelard
- Basically no, I mean I think that it's very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to wear a… — Lester Bangs
- Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded. — David Bailey
- A good photograph is knowing where to stand. — Ansel Adams
- The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him,… — William Barclay