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5402 Known quotes by 3459 unique authors

It is a terrible commentary on Christian civilization that the longest period of slave-raiding known to history was initiated by the action of Spain, Portugal,… — H. A. L. Fisher
Now, if anything at all can be known to be wrong, it seems to me to be unshakably certain that it would be wrong to… — Antony Flew
It's a secret language, known to all different people, in different ways, that enables them to read a subliminal message without realising they're reading it.… — Louise Wilson
I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today. — Unknown Author
When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and… — Ziauddin Yousafzai
I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a… — Misty May-Treanor
Never lead your soldiers to battle if you have not first confirmed their spirit and known them to be without fear and ordered; and never… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not usually idealistic. The… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
You are already of consequence in the world if you are known as a man of strict integrity. — Grenville Kleiser
Since philosophy is the art which teaches us how to live, and since children need to learn it as much as we do at other… — Michel de Montaigne
As a scientist, I am hostile to fundamentalist religion because it actively debauches the scientific enterprise. It teaches us not to change our minds, and… — Richard Dawkins
In addition to the well-known benefits of health and well-being derived from exercise, there are other unique advantages to being a runner. You are more… — Grete Waitz
I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most… — Emil Zatopek
In his (Christ's) surrender on the cross all the pain and agony of mankind was concentrated at a single point, and passed through from death… — Bede Griffiths
Whenever we proceed from the known to the unkown we may hope to understand, but we may have to learn at the same time a… — Werner Heisenberg
Finally you come to a point where you almost know it all. You are very wise. You are very pure... except for the fact that… — Ram Dass
When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in it, you find… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The human form is a microcosm of the universe. All that supposedly exists outside us in reality exists in us. The world is in you… — Jean Klein
I believe that from the earth emerges a musical poetry that is by the nature of its sources tonal. I believe that these sources cause… — Leonard Bernstein
When the new gun booklet was recently mailed to all licensed shooters, 20% were returned as 'not known at this address. — Unknown Author
The probability for the chance of formation of the smallest, simplest form of living organism known is 1 to 10340,000,000.... The size of this figure… — Harold Morowitz
On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I… — Niccolo Paganini
His best-known piece is probably his "Canon in D." He also has 'Hexachordium Apollonis', which is also quite famous. — Unknown Author
[The Koran is one of] the most stubborn enemies of Civilisation, Liberty, and the Truth which the world has yet known. — Unknown Author

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