Knowing Quotes

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Knowing what I know of love, I hang back because I don't like to lie to myself.

Your inner knowing is your only true compass.

At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.

My best attribute is knowing when not to answer stupid questions.

I think it's very hard in this day and age to raise little girls with morals, ethics and values, and them knowing that they are precious creations and that they are important.

To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life. I remember once refusing to get on a bus with her because she was wearing a mink, and I thought we should be taking a taxi. She just said, 'Who cares what people think?' and I remember sitting on that bus, being utterly embarrassed, but knowing somehow that she was totally correct.

Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it.

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.

I guess I had a suspicion of it my entire life without knowing exactly what it was - knowing that there was something different about me, which I attributed to being an artist. At 11 or 12 I started sort of clarifying for myself. It took a while.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.

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.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

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

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.

Knowing how people will use something is essential.

There are great municipal investments out there, but on a blanket basis you have to be really careful about knowing what cash flows are supporting your investments.

Sjogren's is something you live with your whole life. The good news for me is now I know what's happening after spending years not knowing... I feel like I can get better and move on.

If I am to be known for anything, I would like it to be for encouraging Canadians, for knowing a little bit about their daily, extraordinary courage. And for wanting that courage to be recognized.