Know Quotes

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.

I can't please everyone. That's not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.

About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword.

Don't you hate when your hand falls asleep and you know it will be up all night.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future.

All soldiers who serve their country and put their lives at risk need to know that if something happens to them, their families will be well taken care of. That's the bond we have with our military men and women and their families.

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than what Olympic athletes Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills have done.

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

I got this powdered water - now I don't know what to add.

Why couldn't Obama have picked somebody respectable as his running mate, you know, like John Kerry did?

Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting - it's kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about.

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

So, for instance, let me make this clear: You know I signed a statement. I will not raise taxes on anybody. I don't want to raise taxes on the American people.