#knowing

Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar. ↗

— Xun Zi

#aware #bravery #death #dog #drink

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#come #general #give #happen #i

Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#doing #idiotic #insanity #just #knowing

I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#angry #black #could #fire #i

There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#environmental #knowingly #nuclear #nuclear war #our

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#far #go #going #how #how far

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good. ↗

— Alan Cohen

#everything #good #important #knowing #line

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability. ↗

— Confucius

#concerned #i #knowing #me #men

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#am #being #fact #fall #i

But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible. ↗

— Jack Dee

#been #bible #brought #church #education