Knowing How Quotes

311 quotes by 269 authors

Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage;… — Georges Bataille
If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. — Ritchie Blackmore
Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing how they have… — Sara Blakely
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. — Ray Bradbury
I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and… — Jeff Bridges
I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a… — Tucker Carlson
If you are a nurturing mother, and a good one, you can go to play groups, sit on the floor and play all the games,… — Tori Amos
Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far. — Jean Cocteau
Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room. — Blaise Pascal
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security — John Allen Paulos
Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself. — Michel de Montaigne
The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why. — William Hazlitt
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed. — Baron de Montesquieu
Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There's a light inside of you. — Judith Jamison
Until I became a parent, I thought children just naturally knew how to catch a ball, that catching was an instinctive biological reflex that all… — Dave Barry
Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need. I live more simply now, and with more peace. — Richard E. Byrd
The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments — Lee Iacocca
There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one's skill. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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