#known

Is there wisdom in innocence? I think there is, but there is a cult now of drab men and women, for whom the world, and even life itself, is a kind of commodity. These critics, having eaten, now study their excrement to see what they consumed. On this they base certain conclusions. Their ignorance is uncompromising. Let us rather stand before the unknown, in very humble, quiet observance and wait while it reveals itself. ↗

— Phillip Mann

#criticism #culture #mystery #prejudice #the-unknown

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#describe #does #employment #glad #happily

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. ↗

— Henry Adams

#man #only #through #who #woman

I was known as the little girl with the big voice. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#girl #i #known #little #little girl

Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#leads #our #poetry #rational #refreshed

I do know the Spelling family. I worked for Aaron Spelling when I was a brunette. I've known them since Tori was a little girl. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#aaron spelling #brunette #family #girl #i

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#center #conscious mind #find #i #known

Men need to feel important. They feel better when they're with younger girls or unknown girls. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#feel #important #men #need #unknown

Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#anthologies #comers #editors #established #feet

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. ↗

— Fisher Ames

#believe #call #democracy #ignorant #known