#unknown

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

Not only I lost what I had in the ship, but from the captain and the company generally what was good or worth the taking was carried away; all which was done unknown to the emperor. ↗

— William Adams

#captain #carried #company #done #emperor

There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#know #known #say #these #things

It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

#appeal #discovery #good #good sense #into

Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or the easiest, or which picture is my favorite. This last question is like asking a mother which child she likes the most. ↗

— Philippe Halsman

#asked #asking #before #camera #celebrated

There is an awkward silence that overcomes you when cross paths with the person that kisses your heart the second that you meet them. It balances on the edge of unknown but always desired. ↗

— Carl Henegan

#kisses #love #unknown #love

Coincidences give you opportunities to look more deeply into your existence. ↗

— Doug Dillon

#existence #inspiration #opportunities #opportunity #synchronicity

I love new writing, new blood, modern works by unknown writers. ↗

— Joseph Fiennes

#i #i love #love #modern #new

Grief is perhaps an unknown territory for you. You might feel both helpless and hopeless without a sense of a "map" for the journey. Confusion is the hallmark of a transition. To rebuild both your inner and outer world is a major project. ↗

— Anne Grant

#confusion #feel #grief #hallmark #helpless

A child's fear is a world whose dark corners are quite unknown to grownup people; it has its sky and its abysses, a sky without stars, abysses into which no light can ever penetrate. ↗

— Julien Green

#corners #dark #ever #fear #grownup