W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“We know too much for one man to know too much.”
Source: Uncommon Sense
“We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.”
“We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
“We know truth for the cruel instrument it is. Beauty is infinitely preferable to truth.”
Source: George R. R. Martin Starter Pack 4-Book Bundle: A Game of Thrones, Dreamsongs: Volume I, Fevre Dream, Armageddon Rag
“We know truth is constantly evolving, waiting to be refined. It is not a cluster of certainties but a process of searching and testing. While embracing this search, we can do it with joy or resentment, even in the face of its pointlessness. . ( "Everybody his story")”
“We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.”
“We know under Nebraska there is an underground aquifer that is probably underneath the whole state, but what form does it take? I kind of want to focus on that, for almost political means, because we keep digging more wells. We're not replenishing, and we're having a crisis in water around the world. But how do you visualize it? I don't know, so I know what I want to study.”
“We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.”
Source: The ABC of relativity
“We know very well that India's destiny is linked to world peace.”
“We know violence isn’t the answer. When we take up our arms, we’re talking about our vote.”
“We know way too many words of wisdom, but perform all too few actions of wisdom.”
“We know we are a species obsessed with itself and its own past and origins. We know we are capable of removing from the sanctuary of the earth shards and fragments, and gently placing them in museums. Great museums in great cities—the hallmarks of civilisation.”
Source: Sightlines
“We know we are all tarnished, so we doubt everyone else too. It is sad situation, where we need a leader but cannot really trust anyone.”
“We know we are entering a period of transformation in aged care.”
“We know we are falling from grace, millennium.”
“We know we are sinners, it does not follow that we are saved.”
“We know we can prevent heart attacks with aspirin, and with drugs called beta-blockers. We know that certain.
Lange”
Source: Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer
“We know we can't be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.”
“We know we can't stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we could try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence.”
“We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them -- exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.”
“We know we cannot defend to be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them - exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.”
“We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an earthquake or terrorist attack hits, we won't necessarily have advance alerts or opportunities to double- and triple-check our plans.”
“We know we must address climate change. We may not have sorted out every detail, but we are willing to take a leadership position and embrace open dialogue...that will get us all to our common goals of protecting our world for future generations.”
“We know we must win the war on terror to protect innocent people and the freedoms that define our way of life.”
“We know we need, and so we acquire and eat and eat, past the point of bodily fullness, trying to sate a greater need. Ashamed of this, we turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how to not-need.”
“We know we only have about half of our population that's voting.”
“We know we should be completely humble. We should stop thinking that we're very marvelous because we're not. We are interesting at best because we are a part of life.”
“We know we should have won that game. But that doesn't mean we look at it as a revenge game. It means we think we should have won; and now, let's correct it.”
“We know we're coming full circle with God when we stand at a very similar crossroad where we made such a mess of life before, but this time we take a different road.”
Source: Believing God: Devotional Journal
“We know we're going to go through ups and downs and we've all experienced that, but it's about surrendering some of that control, which we all find so hard to do, but it's really freeing when you can do that.”
“We know well and we know chronically ill, but there is a whole bunch of gray in between where I think we can heal people before they become chronically sick. I believe our thoughts make us sick.”
“We know well enough when we're being unjust and despicable. but we don't restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that.”
Source: Struggle Till Dawn
“We know well only what we are deprived of.”
“We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one's own.”
Source: Notebooks
“We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.”
“We know what boredom is: it is a dull
Impatience or a fierce velleity,
A champing wish, stalled by our lassitude,
To make or do. In the strict sense, of course,
We invent nothing, merely bearing witness
To what each morning brings again to light”
Source: Collected Poems 1943-2004
“we know what Dawn will be like
for we have known and named the kreatures
of the night”
“We know what Donald Trump has said and what he's done to women. But he also went after a disabled reporter, mocked and mimicked him on national television.”
“We know what followed. Marius continued to act absurdly.”
Source: Les Misérables
“We know what hair smells like when a hot comb hits it. That's a cultural thing. We know what that smells like on Sunday mornings, usually church-related or something. In my house, it was getting ready for church and your sister was getting her hair fried.”
“We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we've heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues.”
“We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.”
“We know what happens when Europeans start dividing themselves up and emphasizing their differences and seeing a competition between various countries in a zero sum way.”
“We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it.”
“We know what our policy is regarding the territory of Israel, Kosovo, Bosnia, Macedonia and even Nagorno-Karabakh. What is our policy regarding the territory of the United States? No nation in history has ever been as willing to accommodate those who would dismember it as has the United States of America. Trying to get a straight pro-U. S. comment out of a U.S. elected official is like trying to nail a custard pie to the side of a barn.”
“We know what the surface of the moon is better than we know what the surface of the sea floor is.”
“We know what they say, they want all of Palestine (including Israel) and say that negotiations did not work. They talk about wanting reform. That doesn't mean they will do it.”
“We know what things cost but have no idea what they are worth.”
Source: Ill Fares the Land
“We know what to do and we know how to do it, these investments save lives, empower women and girls, strengthen health systems and have a profound and lasting impact on development.”
“We know what totalitarian looks like, we know what oppression looks like, we know what the dumb culture of totalitarianism smells like. This is it! It's happening now, and the future of the world is being decided. So, get out there, make your own sites, take action!”