“My parents survived the Great Depression and brought me up to live within my means, save some for tomorrow, share and don't be greedy, work hard for the necessities in life knowing that money does not make you better or more important than anyone else. So, extravagance has been bred out of my DNA.” MeanDoeHas BeensImportantHardParentKnowingShareHard WorkTomorrowSurvivedGreedyDnaGreat DepressionExtravagance Author:David Suzuki
“Every time I sit in the audience and watch a show that I have been involved with, it is such an amazing feeling to see all those people around me, knowing they are actually watching and enjoying something I have written.” PeopleHas BeensShowsFeelingsEnjoyWatchesAudienceKnowingWrittenInvolved Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus
“When a concept has been understood intellectually, if the learning is to be of value then a connection with personal feelings, inner knowing and experience has to be made, and consideration of how the information would best be applied.” IfsHas BeensMadeFeelingsWisdomValuesKnowingInformationUnderstoodConceptsConnectionsConsiderationPersonal Feelings Author:Peter Shepherd
“...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.” IfsHumansHas BeensReasonKnowingHuman NatureEnvironmentalIncapable Book:Homilies on Genesis Source: Homilies on Genesis
“I have been fortunate to get some really good scripts over the years and I haven't turned down anything that I regretted so far. And my manager who I've been with for over 25 years is very good at knowing what I should and shouldn't do a lot of times.” ShouldYearsHas BeensKnowingHavensVery GoodScriptsManagersFortunateTurned Down Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“The pre-scientific age, whatever its deficiencies, had at least offered its members the peace of mind that follows from knowing all man-made achievements to be nothing next to the grandeur of the universe. We, more blessed in our gadgetry but less humble in our outlook, have been left... having no more compelling repository of veneration than our brilliant, precise, blinkered and morally troubling fellow human beings.” MenMindHumansHas BeensMadeAgeUniverseNextLeftHuman BeingsKnowingMembersAchievementFellowsBlessedHumbleBrilliantPeace Of MindCompellingPreciseOutlookGrandeurDeficiencyVeneration Author:Alain de Botton
“It is useful to remember that history is to the nation as memory is to the individual. As a person deprived of memory becomes disorientated and lost, not knowing where they have been or where they are going , so a nation denied a conception of the past will be disabled in dealing with its present and its future.” PersonsHas BeensPastRememberIndividualLostNationsMemoriesKnowingConceptionDeniedNot KnowingDeprivedDisabledDealing With It Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.