“When an alluring woman comes in at the door," warningly traced the austere Kien-fi on the margin of his well-known essay, "discretion may be found up the chimney". It is incredible that beneath this ever-timely reminder an obscure disciple should have added the words: "The wiser the sage, the more profound the folly.” ShouldWellsMayFoundKnownDoorsShould HaveProfoundIncrediblesFollyWiserDiscipleObscureWell KnownSageEssaysRemindersMarginsDiscretionTimelyChimneysAlluring Book:The Celestial Omnibus Source: The Celestial Omnibus
“Most people have never known solitude.... But there are a few of the other kind who can go back to their rooms anywhere and close the door on the whole world, and feel that they need never emerge.” PeopleWorldNeedsFeelsKindWholeRoomsKnownDoorsSolitudeWhole World Author:Louis Aragon
“I have traveled the entire state and spent a lot of time out of doors. So I have known the landscape of the Columbia Basin for quite a while, and I have had this strong feeling about it for many years.” YearsStatesFeelingsLiteratureStrongKnownDoorsLandscapeTraveledColumbiaStrong Feeling Author:David Guterson
“For twenty years it had been generally known that an insidious Lobby was maintained in Washington to influence legislation and executive action on behalf of vested interests. ... The lobby was a creature of darkness. It worked behind closed doors and whispered in corners. This ancient industry was one form of invisible government.” YearsGovernmentActionFormPoliticsInterestBusinessBehindsKnownDarknessDoorsInfluenceIndustryCreaturesTwentiesAncientCornersInvisibleExecutivesLegislationBehalfInsidiousClosed DoorsVested InterestsBehind Closed Doors Author:Margaret Case Harriman
“The arresting officer, who I had literally known, all my life. You know what I mean? This guy lived four doors down the street me, in a town of less than four hundred people. *We've met.* Now, he takes me to jail, and he asks me if I have any aliases. And I was just being a smartass, and I said, "Yeah. They call me, "Tater Salad!" Seventeen years later, I'm handcuffed on a bench in New York with blood coming out of my nose, and this cop goes, "Are you Ron 'Tater Salad' White?"” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsMeanSaidFunnyGuyAsksWhiteKnownComedyFourDoorsBloodMetsTownsYeahCome UpAsk MeNosesStationsCall MeOfficersComing OutCopJust BeingThis GuySaladBenchesSeventeenArrestingSmartassAliases Author:Ron White
“I've known Timbaland for a while. We developed a friendship. He always said he would come back for me when he was ready, and he did. We've been rocking and rolling since we got together a couple of years ago. I'm blessed to be under his mentorship, and grateful he's opened so many doors for me.” YearsSaidTogetherKnownDoorsReadyCoupleYears AgoBlessedGratefulRolling Author:V. Bozeman
“Humanity is at a fork in the road and we can no longer stand there staring at the map pondering which direction to take. It is hardly a choice, after all. One Road leads to a global fascist dictatorship that would control every aspect of our lives, including our thoughts. The other will open the door to freedom and potential on a scale never experienced in the 'world' as we have known it. Hard one, isn't it? A choice between a prison and a paradise?” WorldHardHumanityChoicesKnownOur LivesDoorsAspectPrisonIncludingScalesStaringParadiseMapsDictatorshipOur ThoughtsPonderingFascistsForksFork In The Road Author:David Icke
“When I was a kid in Nebraska, a cantankerous farmer, known for plinking with his '22 at passing cars in which he perceived enemies, ingeniously rigged up a shotgun in his house, trained on the inside of his front door so as to widely distribute any intruder.” KidsHouseKnownEnemyDoorsCarFrontsPassingPassingsFarmersFront DoorsRiggedNebraskaShotgunsIntruders Author:Dick Cavett
“I think there are a lot of different things that dreams do for the individual and they're fascinating because it's not totally known what they do, but we have some science that is opening the door to a new world as we speak.” ThinkingWorldDifferentDreamIndividualSpeakKnownDoorsOpeningFascinatingDifferent ThingsNew World Author:Tom DeLonge
“It is well known that obedience is the chief among the initiatory virtues, for first it displaces presumption and then it engenders humility within us. Thus it becomes, for those who willingly embrace it, a door leading to the love of God? Thus humility should be the first concern of those who are fighting against the presumption of the devil, for as we advance it will be a sure guide to all the paths of virtue.” ShouldFirstsWellsChristianFightingKnownVirtuePathDoorsHumilityDevilConcernEmbraceGuidesChiefsObedienceGod LoveOrthodoxWell KnownOrthodox ChristianPresumption Author:Diadochos of Photiki
“It is an interesting fact about model selection that the evidence at hand can indicate that a model known to be false will be more predictively accurate than a model known to be true. This opens the door to a kind of instrumentalism.” KindFactsHandsInterestingKnownDoorsModelsEvidenceBeing TrueAccurateSelectionInteresting Fact Author:Elliott Sober
“A lot of black people worked with the police as snitches. We used to call them bimpees where I grew up. And, you know, they were afforded special privileges. They may have been paid by the police. But you never knew who was informing on you. We lived either next door to or - two doors away from us was a known informant in Soweto.” PeopleKnowsMayHas BeensTwoUsedNextBlackKnownDoorsSpecialGrewGrew UpPaidPolicePrivilegeBlack PeopleInformingInformantsSnitch Author:Trevor Noah