#unknow

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#explain #knowing #terms #theology #unknowable

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#centuries #explaining #terms #theologians #unknowable

We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#atomic #between #discovery #elements #example

I went from being totally unknown to getting stopped every time I went out. I always wanted to be successful, but I have never wanted to become a celebrity. I never, ever, craved that. ↗

— Jimmy Nail

#become #being #celebrity #craved #ever

People are always afraid of the unknown - and banding together against the Thing That Is Different From Us is a time-honoured tradition for rallying the masses. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#against #always #banding #different #masses

Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#death #enough #fact #fear #feeling

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#men #must #proposed #taught #them

I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#before #bump #i #least #off

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds. ↗

— Anne Rice

#answers #ask #beings #contrary #few

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising. ↗

— Alan Rickman

#sort #surprising #think #unknown #wonderful