Quotes with know-nothings

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  • Benjamin Peirce Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved it, and therefore we know it must be the truth.
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  • Brit Hume Geraldo has been in Lebanon. He has done some excellent reporting out of there, and of course, we now know by virtue of the president's speech on Tuesday night that the terrorist organizations that operate in that area are now on the list.
    Brit Hume
    American journalist and political commentator (1943 - )
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  • Elbert Hubbard Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Louisa May Alcott Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.
    Louisa May Alcott
    American Author (1832 - 1888)
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  • John Milton Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Peter Marshall 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.
    Peter Marshall
    Scots-American preacher (1902 - 1949)
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  • Alcee Hastings Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each other so easily. One possible reason for this may be that people do not know enough about other people's beliefs.
    Alcee Hastings
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Ben Affleck God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Georges Bernanos God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it.
    Georges Bernanos
    French writer (1888 - 1948)
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  • Bernie S. Siegel God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations, but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process, and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all, suffering will cease.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Bill Parcells God's been good to me, He really has. I don't know why he picked me out... Just think about it: I virtually coached in my hometown. From the middle of the Meadowlands field, it can't be but a couple of miles. I was lucky to do that.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Berthold Auerbach Good and stupid, is a common saying. I have found that only the judicious are really good. Only clever men know what is good for others; and at the first appearance of disadvantage to himself, the stupid man deserts.
    Berthold Auerbach
    German-Jewish writer and poet (1812 - 1882)
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  • B. J. Novak Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
    B. J. Novak
    American actor, writer, comedian, and director (1979 - )
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  • Lois McMaster Bujold Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    American speculative fiction writer
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  • Joan Didion Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Great merit, or great failings, will make you respected or despised; but trifles, little attentions, mere nothings, either done or neglected, will make you either liked or disliked in the general run of the world.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Joan Didion Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it.
    The Year of Magical Thinking (2007) 58
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Bill Dedman Groups that advocate open government have argued that it's vital to know the names of White House visitors, who may have an outsized influence on policy matters.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bobby Orr Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.
    Bobby Orr
    Canadian ice hockey player (1948 - )
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