K Quotes
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“Knowing has two poles, and they are always poles apart: carnal knowing, the laying on of hands, the hanging of the fact by head or heels, the measurement of mass and motion, the calibration of brutal blows, the counting of supplies; and spiritual knowing, invisibly felt by the inside self, who is but a fought-over field of distraction, a stage where we recite the monotonous monologue that is our life, a knowing governed by internal tides, by intimations, motives, resolutions, by temptations, secrecy, shame, and pride.”
Source: Finding a Form: Essays
“Knowing he [Bob Serber] was going to the [first atom bomb] test, I asked him how he planned to deal with the danger of rattlesnakes. He said, 'I'll take along a bottle of whiskey.' … I ended by asking, 'What would you do about those possibilities [of what unknown phenomena might cause a nuclear explosion to propagate in the atmosphere]?' Bob replied, 'Take a second bottle of whiskey.'”
“Knowing he was suffering pained me. That’s the way love tangles you up. I couldn’t stop loving him, and couldn’t shut off the feelings of wanting to care for him— but I also didn’t have to run to answer his letters. I was hurting, too, and no one was running to me.”
Source: The Paris Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel
“Knowing heaven is what heals us on earth.”
“Knowing her grandchildren would inherit the world she left behind, she did not work for flourishing in her time only. It was through her actions of reciprocity, the give and take with the land, that the original immigrant became Indigenous. For all of us, becoming Indigenous to a place means living as if your children's future mattered, to take care of the land as if our lives, both material and spiritual, depended on it.”
Source: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
“Knowing her we will know that we are her divine children in a relationship of complete, unconditionally loving intimacy; we will know that nature is holy in all its sacred particulars because it is everywhere vibrant with her light and her love; we will know that we have come to this earth not, as some patriarchal mystical traditions have implied, to escape it but to embrace it fully, not to 'transcend' it but to arrive here in full presence, gratitude and love.”
Source: Radical Passion: Sacred Love and Wisdom in Action
“Knowing him was sweatpants and suntans and riding in his Jeep until the sky turned pink and purple. Growing up with him involved the best days, fishing off his dock as crickets chirped in the background, watching outdoor movies until we fell asleep on his old bedspread. It was love. It was young. And I feel it all still, burning in the places it shouldn’t be.
Even though he betrayed me.”
Source: The Summer We Forgot
“Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else.”
Source: Hey, wait a minute, I wrote a book
“Knowing His will is more valuable than all the treasures we could ever have, and we must always esteem knowing His will as the true treasure, and therefore make it the primary thing that we seek.”
“Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world.”
“Knowing how a computer came into existence is not as important as what brought it into existence.”
“Knowing how bad you could be is a great encouragement to being good.”
“Knowing how contented, free, and joyful is life in the world of science, one fervently wishes that many would enter its portals.”
“Knowing how easily even the smallest things torture me, I deliberately avoid contact with them. A cloud passing in front of the sun is enough to make me suffer, how then should I not suffer in the darkness of the endlessly overcast sky of my own life?”
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“Knowing how far short I fall of the glory of God - whether it's motives or actions - walking it out is about setting Christ always before me. I'm grateful for the grace of God and His mercies.”
“Knowing how hard it is to collect a fact, you understand why most people want to have some fun analyzing it.”
“Knowing how people will use something is essential”
“Knowing how the environment is pulling your strings and playing you is critical to making responsive rather than reactive moves.”
“Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.”
Source: Coming to terms
“Knowing how things work reduces the effort.
This is the fundamental principle of technology.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“Knowing how to age and not being afraid of aging is very healthy.”
“Knowing how to apply your own personal history and adapt to your client should be the foundation for your brand.”
Source: My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
“Knowing how to calculate something is not the same as understanding it. Having a computer to calculate the origin of mass for us may be convincing, but is not satisfying. Fortunately we can understand it too.”
“Knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all of human history”
Source: Reinvention: How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
“Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life.”
“Knowing how to distinguish between an ideal keyword and the reality of queries will help you to refine your strategy and success as an online marketer.”
“Knowing how to do a job is the accomplishment of labor - showing others is the accomplishment of the teacher - making sure the work is done by others is the accomplishment of the manager - inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of the leader.”
“Knowing how to do things not just with the head, but with the hands as well: this might seem a programmatic and ideological goal. It is not. It is a way of safeguarding creative freedom.”
“Knowing how to fight made men more bold, because no one fears doing what it seems to him he has learned to do. Therefore, the ancients wanted their citizens to be trained in every warlike action.”
“Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one.”
“Knowing how to keep someone motivated and how to keep a connection are skills humans have learned and evolved over hundreds of thousands of years. A robot can't figure out whether you can do one more push-up, or how to motivate you to actually do it.”
“Knowing how to let go is a process of accepting.”
“Knowing how to live is not something we have to teach children. Knowing how to live is something we have to be careful not to take away from them.”
Source: No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process
“Knowing how to look is a way of inventing.”
“Knowing how to manage requires one to know how to start a movement rather than just to follow it. And one must take a firm position when necessary.”
“Knowing how to market yourself and your press materials is key.”
“Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions.”
Source: Conversations on Art Methods
“Knowing how to swim doesn't come from someone else showing you or someone else telling you or watching movies of other people swimming. It comes from having been in the water, knowing how to move yourself through the water and not sink. And it's true of virtually everything in our lives: knowing comes from direct experience.”
“Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.”
“Knowing how to use your voice so it makes sense to your dog, using words in a way your dog can understand, correcting him without creating fear, praising him properly, and doing it all at the proper time are critical skills to develop if your dog is to learn from you.”
“Knowing how to wield psychic power leads to real solutions. Your feminine nature is strong, not weak. Your psychic gifts are your tools and landmarks that will allow you to take charge and further your own goals.”
Source: The Witch in Every Woman: Reawakening the Magical Nature of the Feminine to Heal, Protect, Create, and Emp ower
“Knowing how to win is the first step. We must also know how to make use of our victories.”
“Knowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have.”
Source: The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul
“Knowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have. Generating those feelings is the most powerfully creative thing you can do with your life. And not only do we have to put our feelings at the heart of our ambitions, we have to pursue our desires in a way that is life-affirming, rather than soul-depleting. Rigid goal-chasing is burning us out. Soul-anchored intentions are the way to get home.”
“Knowing how you like to be touched and being able to communicate that kindly to a partner is a major component of a satisfying sex life. But how do you know what makes your body sing if you haven’t spent some time finding out? Solo sex (masturbation) is a natural way to understand what your particular body likes and how it likes to be aroused.”
Source: Curvy Girl Sex: 101 Body-Positive Positions to Empower Your Sex Life
“Knowing how you want your work to look helps you decide who best to work with and where.”
Source: CHARGE! The Patchwork Rhino
“Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.”
Source: The Tempest
“Knowing I should get into the habit of praying on my knees before bed, I shrugged and instead huddled under the bedcovers, the rose clasped in my hands close to my heart. The stem was very long, with all thorns removed, and an old Venetian saying came to mind: The longer the stem, the greater the love.”
Source: The Virgins of Venice
“Knowing I've learned all these lessons reassures me because I know that even if we've reached the end, I can't ever forget him, because how can you forget something that's in the way you move, talk, breathe?”
Source: Notes on Heartbreak