Quotes About Known

But the castration of perception by a court of control that denies it any anticipatory desire, forces it thereby into a pattern of helplessly reiterating what is already known.

knowledge depends on the mode of the knower; for what is known is in the knower according to the measure of his mode

Doesn't part of the awe that fills us when we confront the unknown come from understanding that, should it at last flood into us and become known, we would be altered?

The people who are known are riding the crest of some wave. Now, you can ride the crest of the wave and try to use it to get power, which is the standard thing, or you can ride the crest of the wave because you're helping people that way, which is another thing. But the point is, it's the wave that matters

A fully-realized and known world is also a boring world. Mystery, alongside conflict, is another of those  vital vittles that feeds the reader and keeps them hooked. Question marks are shaped like hooks for a reason, I say -- so leave lots of questions.

I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

the NT writings reflect the view that "God" is known solely through this deity's acts and that a right understanding of who "God" is can only be based on these phenomena.

In the ancient Sufi oral tradition, Divine Reality says: I was a Hidden Treasure and then I desired to be known, so I created a creation to which I made Myself known; then they knew Me.

The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world.

The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.

The man who never has been known to pun Will groan to point out he's a judge of one.

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known.

When people make mistakes, there's usually a reason for it. These pork chops are something else." She knew at that moment that Hershel Pine was probably the best human being she'd ever known.

We're just not cut out for all this media circus crap. But then, you already knew that.

Artists are those people who sit at the intersection between the known and unknown, the rational and irrational, coming to terms with some of the confusing histories we, as artists, deal with.

We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.

A portal is a transitionary device of sight or sound that functions as a sort of third gravitating body between the this and the that, pulling us toward itself, allowing us to bridge into the unknown from the known.

I always say I have so many known devils and I prefer them over unknown angels.

My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don't want to just be known for being involved in 'Playboy,' or having been Hugh Hefner's girlfriend - I hate that. I like to show I can do other things and take on other challenges. That's my main motivation.

After all, if one assembled all the bones of all the known saints that now reside in treasured reliquaries in Catholic churches all over Christendom, you'd certainly have more bones than saints.

It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known.

I will never be able to endorse a nominee for president whose name is not known.

This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.

But years ago I had known the river when it flowed through this now dry channel, so I could enliven its stony remains with the waters of memory.