Knowingly Quotes

92 quotes by 84 authors

I can't keep from fooling around with our irrefutable certainties. It is, for example, a pleasure knowingly to mix up two and three dimensionalities, flat… — M.C. Escher
There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we simply cannot tolerate the abuse… — John F. Kerry
There is no man that is knowingly wicked but is guilty to himself; and there is no man that carries guilt about him but he… — John Tillotson
If there is a way to free ourselves from suffering We must use every moment to find it. Only a fool wants to go on… — 7th Dalai Lama
I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not… — Criss Jami
In one way, I suppose, I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often… — Christopher Hitchens
Men often act knowingly against their interest. — David Hume
I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me. — Joan Jett
I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage… — Shakira
All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather… — Elwyn Brooks White
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should… — Charles Dickens
You may not see it now," said the Princess of Pure Reason, looking knowingly at Milo's puzzled face, "but whatever we learn has a purpose… — Norton Juster
Dependability, integrity, the characteristic of never knowingly doing anything wrong, that you would never cheat anyone, that you would give everybody a fair deal. Character… — Omar N. Bradley
The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices. — Aleister Crowley
I was raised the old-fashioned way, with a stern set of moral principles: Never lie, cheat, steal or knowingly spread a venereal disease. Never speed… — Barbara Ehrenreich
A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them. — Jane Austen
If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly. — Alan Lightman
The Mathemagician nodded knowingly and stroked his chin several times. â€œYouâ€™ll find,â€ he remarked gently, â€œthat the only thing you can do easily is be… — Norton Juster
[However], the sufferer from depression has no option, and therefore finds himself, like a walking casualty of war, thrust into the most intolerable social and… — William Styron
In one was, I suppose, I have been "in denial" for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often… — Christopher Hitchens

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