#knows

It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#knows #men #owner #soils #sometimes

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy. ↗

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

#after #approval #control #convinces #cookie

I tried reading Hilbert. Only his papers published in mathematical periodicals were available at the time. Anybody who has tried those knows they are very hard reading. ↗

— Alonzo Church

#available #hard #his #i #i tried

However, I have a low opinion of people with narrow political horizons. Someone who talks about the environment and knows nothing about economics can make as many mistakes as someone who does the opposite. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#does #economics #environment #horizons #however

No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#how #knows #novel #until #write

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#desires #government #happy #how #knows

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#because #common #common sense #criminal #dogma

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#anything #devotion #knows #like #man

Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying. ↗

— Harry Anderson

#fool #keep #knows #stars #touch

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough. ↗

— Martin Amis

#knows #like #meaning #meaning of #money