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Knowing Quotes (page 536)

The world is being run by people my age, men my age, with falling-out hair and health worries, and it frightens me. When the leaders were older than me I could believe in their wisdom, I could believe they had transcended rage and malice and the need to be loved. Now I know better. I look at the faces in newspapers, in magazines, and wonder: what greeds, what furies drive them on? Margaret Atwood
Barry Unsworth quote: "Kneading memory makes the dough of fiction; which we know,..."
Kneading memory makes the dough of fiction; which we know, sometimes never stops rising. Barry Unsworth
Tom Robbins quote: "Faith is believing in something you know isn't true."
Faith is believing in something you know isn't true. Tom Robbins
He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need: If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep: Thus of every grief in heart. He with thee does bear a part. These are certain signs to know. Faithful friend from flattering foe. William Shakespeare
Jan Morris quote: "Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that..."
Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasureof a library lies in its very existence. Jan Morris
Truman Capote quote: "[L]ove, having no geography, knows no boundaries."
[L]ove, having no geography, knows no boundaries. Truman Capote
Joseph Heller quote: "He knew everything there was to know about literature, except..."
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it Joseph Heller
And he could not tell why the struggle was worthwhile, why he had determined to use the utmost himself and his heritage from the personalities he had passed... He stretched out his arms to the crystalline, radiant sky. I know myself," he cried, "But that is all. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Half smiling, with imperturbable brightness and friendliness, the Buddha looked steadily at the stranger and dismissed him with a hardly visible gesture. 'You are clever, O Samana,' said the Illustrious One, 'you know how to speak cleverly, my friend. Be on your guard against too much cleverness. Herman Hesse
I am not ashamed to be a Christian, and I am glad to know that the President of the United States is a Christian, for without the help of the Almighty I do not think he could rightly judge in ruling so many people. I have advised all of my people who are not Christians, to study that religion, because it seems to me the best religion in enabling one to live right. Geronimo
George W. Bush quote: "I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier..."
I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question George W. Bush
If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path. Joseph Campbell
And you know, this thought crossed my mind at the time: maybe chance is a pretty common thing after all. Those kinds of coincidences are happening all around us, all the time, but most of them don't attract our attention and we just let them go by. It's like fireworks in the daytime. You might hear a faint sound, but even if you look up at the sky you can't see a thing. But if we're really hoping something may come true it may become visible, like a message rising to the surface. Then we're... Haruki Murakami
Jack Kerouac quote: "and don't you know that God is Pooh Bear?"
and don't you know that God is Pooh Bear? Jack Kerouac
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. Dave Barry

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