#know

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#knowledge #life #longing #love #mankind

Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#brought #changes #economic #empires #every

We the people have no excuse for starry-eyed sycophantic group-think in the Information Age. Knowledge is but a fingertip away. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#information-age #internet #knowledge #politics #truth

You know, it's hard sometimes to just detach yourself from what you're doing. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#doing #hard #just #know #sometimes

I've been asked to write an autobiography, and I've started it a couple of times, on different angles, and maybe one day I will, but you know what? There's time for that because I'd like to have the whole story. ↗

— John Saxon

#asked #autobiography #because #been #couple

On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to get the job done. Deeper down, we know it's all on loan. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#average #day #deeper #done #down

My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong. ↗

— Travis Barker

#died #had #i #know #made

Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. ↗

— Liev Schreiber

#know #life #often #people #real

Never too late to learn some embarrassingly basic, stupidly obvious things about oneself. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#learning #life #self #self-knowledge #age

The older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of you rather than people's perception of you. ↗

— Criss Jami

#biggest #confidence #conscience #control #critic