Quotes with knowing

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  • Benny Goodman That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.
    Benny Goodman
    American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909 - 1986)
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  • William James The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • William Saroyan The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself.
    William Saroyan
    Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and writer (1908 - 1981)
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  • Hannah Arendt The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition is now possible, has led either to sheer irrelevancy, the famous knowing of more and more about less and less, or to the development of a pseudo-scholarship which actually destroys its object.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Gaston Bachelard The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
    Gaston Bachelard
    French scientist and philosopher (1884 - 1962)
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  • Jose Ortega Y Gasset The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will.
    Jose Ortega Y Gasset
    Spanish writer and philosopher (1883 - 1955)
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  • Richard Dawkins The child has no way of knowing what's good information.
    Richard Dawkins
    English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (1941 - )
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  • William Hazlitt The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously; and those who have produced immortal works, have done so without knowing how or why. The greatest power operates unseen.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Robert Collier The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • William Saroyan The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
    William Saroyan
    Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and writer (1908 - 1981)
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  • Douglas Everett The mark of a well educated person is not necessarily in knowing all the answers, but in knowing where to find them.
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  • Benjamin Disraeli The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Ben Carson The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of the universe loves you, sent His Son to die for your sins; that's very empowering. Knowing Him and knowing that He loves me gives me encouragement and confidence to move forward.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Aeschylus The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Jean Rostand The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Socrates The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • David Lee Roth The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.
    David Lee Roth
    American singer (1954 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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