Knows Quotes
7368 Knows quotes by 4206 unique authors
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The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.
— William Golding
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Everybody knows that our cities were built to be destroyed.
— Unknown Author
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God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is…
— Millard Fillmore
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I've borne the shame of mother while you bought her off with a present and a treat here and there. God knows how hard I…
— Anzia Yezierska
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To leave this world a better person, and for me to not be the only one who knows it.
— Gavin DeGraw
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Well, as anyone who actually writes knows, if you sit down and are prepared, then the ideas come. There's a lot of different ways people…
— Nick Cave
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Yes, one uses what one knows, but autobiography means something else. I should never be able to write a real autobiography; I always end by…
— Alberto Moravia
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One who hates is a man holding a magnifying-glass, and when he hates someone, he knows precisely that person's surface, from the soles of his…
— Hermann Broch
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The saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not what we do in order to earn forgiveness;…
— Brennan Manning
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Being the beloved is our identity, the core of our existence. Â It is not merely a lofty thought, an inspiring idea, or one name…
— Brennan Manning
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Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or even…
— Otto Weininger
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Do you think George Bush actually knows who Gordon Brown is? He probably just thinks Tony Blair's put on weight and had a mild stroke.
— Frankie Boyle
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The glassblower knows: while in the heat of beginning, any shape is possible. Once hardened, the only way to change is to break.
— Mark Nepo
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To me, a lawyer is basically the person that knows the rules of the country. We're all throwing the dice, playing the game, moving our…
— Jerry Seinfeld
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If everybody knows all the tricks, it's no more magic.
— Thomas Bangalter
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The transfer is guaranteed to be safe and secure, everyone knows that the transfer has taken place, and nobody can challenge the legitimacy of the…
— Marc Andreessen
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That's what a god is. Somebody who knows more than you do about whatever you're dealing with.
— Terence McKenna
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Do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select? Does she say to herself, 'Go to! here is a distinguished statesman with…
— Kate Chopin
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The most painful and jealously guarded secrets are perhaps the ones that everyone around us knows. Stupid tragedies. Useless tears.
— Carmen Laforet
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Do not be confused by what the natural world knows: We are all, in our own way, completely and totally alone. If love is real,…
— Joe Meno
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Every good educator knows that true teaching is to teach kids how to ask the right questions.
— Utah Phillips
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What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
— Sri Aurobindo
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Nature knows best how to organise.
— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Sorry to take your award, Faith ... Everybody knows that it's really not about the numbers and the chart positions and the sales and all…
— Martie Maguire
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I am neither religious nor superstitious, but there is something otherworldly about the space where two roads come together. The devil is said to set…
— Tayari Jones
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