#known

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#cole porter #drawn #had #him #his

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

I make things of my own that aren't that glam, but I'm not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me. ↗

— Vera Wang

#been #bit #frustration #glam #i

In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way. ↗

— Alan Watts

#aggressive #altering #america #capacity #gone

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#failed #harder #i #just #made

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#individualism #intense #known #mode #most

I've always known where I wanted to go in life. ↗

— Tiger Woods

#go #i #known #life #wanted