Knows Nothing Quotes

132 Knows Nothing quotes by 107 unique authors

There are daily martyrdoms occurring of more or less self-abnegation, and of which the world knows nothing. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The proverbist knows nothing of the two sides of a question. He knows only the roundness of answers. — Karl Shapiro
A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets. — Julianna Baggott
Anyone who lives in Washington and has an official position viscerally understands the cost of a lack of privacy. Every dinner - especially ones with… — Ezekiel Emanuel
However, I have a low opinion of people with narrow political horizons. Someone who talks about the environment and knows nothing about economics can make… — Sigmar Gabriel
Who knows nothing base, Fears nothing known. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
And yet the artist will go on with his work without knowing in some way if any of his representations are sound or unsound. The… — Plato
Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man who… — Jean de la Bruyere
Anyone who uses Helvetica knows nothing about typefaces. — Wolfgang Weingart
Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much time… — Saint Basil
What if I have it all upside down? What if I'm the one who knows nothing of God, and the people in the world are… — Mark Salzman
Nature knows nothing but solid bodies; your science deals only with combinations of surfaces. And so nature constantly gives the lie to all your laws;… — Honore de Balzac
Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all. — Jean Genet
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. — Arthur Conan Doyle
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. — Thomas Jefferson
Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another. — Reinhold Niebuhr
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. — Blaise Pascal
He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. — George Bernard Shaw
The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. — Oscar Wilde
She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it. — Oscar Wilde
This world has been connected...tied to the darkness...soon to be completely eclipsed...there is very much to learn...you understand so little...a meaningless effort...one who knows nothing… — Shiro Amano
Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out… — Anne Sexton
It is hungry, it it immortal. Worse, it knows nothing of whim. — Mark Z. Danielewski
A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing. — Albert Einstein
The goals we pursue are always veiled. A girl who longs for marriage longs for something she knows nothing about. The boy who hankers after… — Milan Kundera

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