Knowing Quotes

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you're doing it from a position of correction.

While at the same time knowing that once he had gone down that road, once it was clear that his life was never a peaceful one from that moment on. He always knew that there was somebody that would like to kill him.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

Even for the most difficult scenes, and there are difficult scenes in the film, and because Michael Haneke is such a great film-maker - I think a great film-maker is not only being inspired, but how to do it, how to make it as real as possible, knowing that it's not real.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

I think the joy of wanting to direct is having that nervous anxiety knowing your film is about to be shown and you're sitting right there with everyone.

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing.

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love knowing that my days are free. I know where I'm going at night. I know my life is kind of orderly. I just like that better.

I've always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew.

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

If I was coming into the business today, I wouldn't be in it. Knowing what I know, absolutely not.

I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.

I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.

In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need.

If the audience is made to do not enough work, they resent it without knowing it. Too much and they get lost. There's a perfect pace to be found. And a perfect place that is different for every line of the play.

Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet.

Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.

An actor shouldn't undergo psychoanalysis, because there are a lot of things you're better off not knowing.

You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.