Worth Knowing Quotes

72 Worth Knowing quotes by 53 unique authors

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. — H. L. Mencken
Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect… — Bertrand Russell
Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware… — Paul Ryan
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. — Oscar Wilde
As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway. — Bill Watterson
Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all. — Jane Austen
I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach… — Neil Gaiman
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. — Oscar Wilde
I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing. — Hunter S. Thompson
Dad," said Will, his voice very faint. "Are you a good person?" "To you and your mother, yes, I try. But no man's a hero… — Ray Bradbury
I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live… — Oscar Wilde
Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly. — KatÃ³ Lomb
Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, Teach us something please, Whether we be old and bald, Or young with scabby knees, Our heads could do with… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Man was made to lead with his chin; he is worth knowing only with his guard down, his head up and his heart rampant on… — Robert Farrar Capon
That was when I found out that the best way in the world to make yourself feel better when you have hit bottom is to… — Gene Wolfe
No place worth knowing yields itself at sight, and those the least inviting on first view may leave the most haunting pictures upon the walls… — Algernon Blackwood
I think that people who can't believe in fairies aren't worth knowing. — Tori Amos
We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing. — Jane Austen
Very little worth knowing is taught by fear. — Robin Hobb
man is vile, and man makes nothing worth making, knows nothing worth knowing. — Kurt Vonnegut
Love is like moonlight or thunder, or rain on a tin roof in the middle of the night; it is one of those things in… — Sonya Hartnett
You know what Oscar Wilde said, ma'am? He said, "nothing that is worth knowing can be taught". Nothing personal, ma'am... Carry on. — Charles M. Schulz
Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing. — Confucius
Dance with me,' Win said. 'I know I'm probably making a fool of myself. You're probably thinking, how many times do I have to reject… — Gabrielle Zevin
Anyone worth knowing breaks once. Once. No shame, no foul if you survive it. You did. — Karen Marie Moning

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