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Knowing Quotes (page 763)

Richard Dawkins quote: "DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its..."
DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music. Richard Dawkins
A hundred years from now, people will look back on us and laugh. They'll say, 'You know what people used to believe? They believed in photons and electrons. Can you imagine anything so silly?' They'll have a good laugh, because by then there will be newer better fantasies... And meanwhile, you feel the way the boat moves? That's the sea. That's real. You smell the salt in the air? You feel the sunlight on your skin? That's all real. Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun... Michael Crichton
You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you? Terry Prachett
Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would be doing if he were alive today? 1) Writing his memoirs of the Civil War. 2) Advising the President. 3) Desperately clawing at the inside of his coffin. David Letterman
I don't know the rules of grammar. If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language. David Ogilvy
Zhuangzi quote: "The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a..."
The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world. Zhuangzi
What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist? C. S. Lewis
Socrates quote: "True knowledge exists in kowing that you know nothing."
True knowledge exists in kowing that you know nothing. Socrates
Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil. Lao Tzu
Chief Seattle quote: "This We Know. All Things Are Connected"
This We Know. All Things Are Connected Chief Seattle
You watch teenage girls and feel shivers up and down your arms -- those poor creatures don't know the first thing about time or agony or the price they're going to have to pay for just about everything. Alice Hoffman
He brooded on how close destruction always was to all creatures, animals as well as humans, and he realized that there is nothing we can predict or know for certain in this world except death. Herman Hesse
When you lose a friend [in battle] you have an overpowering desire to go back home and yell in everybody's ear, "This guy was killed fighting for you. Don't forget him--ever. Keep him in your mind when you wake up in the morning and when you go to bed at night. Don't think of him as the statistic which changes 38,788 casualties to 38,789. Think of him as a guy who wanted to live every bit as much as you do. Don't let him be just one of 'Our Brave Boys' from the old home town, to whom a marble... Bill Mauldin
Neil Gaiman quote: "It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a..."
It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter as much. Neil Gaiman
That's the kind of death that frightens me. The shadow of death slowly, slowly eats away at the region of life, and before you know it everything's dark and you can't see, and the people around you think of you as more dead than alive. Haruki Murakami

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