Knowing Why Quotes

50 quotes by 47 authors

Wisdom is having things right in your life and knowing why. — William Stafford
When we think of friends, and call their faces out of the shadows, and their voices out of the echoes that faint along the corridors… — Mark Twain
It was my view then, and still is, that you don't make war without knowing why. Knowledge of course, is always imperfect, but it seemed… — Tim O'Brien
He was weary of the uncertainty of the vicious circle of that eternal war that always found him in the same place, but always older,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.… — Albert Einstein
â€¦ in the relentless and meaningless manner one searches for something in a nightmare, coming on doors that wonâ€™t open or drawers that wonâ€™t shut,… — Anne Rice
our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why… — Malcolm Gladwell
Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we donâ€™t know why, and if we do find… — Douglas Coupland
But the true voyagers are only those who leave Just to be leaving; hearts light, like balloons, They never turn aside from their fatality And… — Charles Baudelaire
Sometimes you make up your mind about something without knowing why, and your decision persists by the power of inertia. Every year it gets harder… — Milan Kundera
I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able… — Louisa May Alcott
I've become to realize there's a world of difference between knowing something happened, even knowing why it happened, and believing it. — Gayle Forman
Though I do not believe in the order of things, still the sticky little leaves that come out in the spring are dear to me,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
She recognized the strange happiness that came from loving something without knowing why you did, that strange happiness that was sometimes so big that it… — Maggie Stiefvater
Some girls have to go to college to discover what they are good at; some are born doing what they must without even truly knowing… — Catherynne M. Valente
Tears could not be equal, if I wept diamonds from the skies," Jenks whispered, empty and bereft. "My word silent, though I should howl. Muffled… — Kim Harrison
Fashion is a tool... to compete in life outside the home. People like you better, without knowing why, because people always react well to a… — Mary Quant
I just love learning about the way people used to live their lives, and I think what also ties into that is psychology, because I… — Molly Quinn
When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she was feeling terrible… — Hawa Abdi
A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right. — Matt Berninger

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