#known

I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#being #being famous #certain #famous #field

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#always #better #chinese #chinese food #comes

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. ↗

— Edmund Waller

#could #discreetly #got #half #known

Nobody could've ever known I was positive because I didn't know. ↗

— Marc Wallice

#could #ever #i #know #known

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ↗

— George Washington

#avoid #desire #instruments #insult #known

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#author #being #enough #good #i

I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you'll need right up to the day you die. ↗

— William Wiley

#day #die #earlier #i #i wish

In real life, we do things out of character, constantly. A couple of days ago, my shoes were hurting, so I walked barefoot through New York. Someone who has known me my whole life would think that was so out of character. But I did it because of the circumstances. ↗

— Allison Williams

#barefoot #because #character #circumstances #constantly

Our journey so far has been very satisfactory: we are most fortunate as regards the season, for there has been more rain this winter than has been known for the last four or five years. ↗

— William John Wills

#far #five #fortunate #four #journey

If I'm known as the girl that lost weight and it's been six years later and I've still kept off the 110 pounds, God bless. Because I never kept off 100 pounds before in my life. ↗

— Carnie Wilson

#been #before #bless #girl #god