#well known

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#bird #flies #generally #happy #human

Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist. ↗

— Kenneth Noland

#being #certainly #great #his #known

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting. ↗

— Charley Pride

#come #courting #known #name #once

A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. ↗

— Fred Allen

#become #being #celebrity #dark #glasses

When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother used to say that for her the important thing was for me to become a doctor - a career which had not been possible in her generation and in her society. Sport was something to be set aside. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#aside #become #been #break #career

My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised me on Spike Jones records and W.C. Fields movies, and his sense of humor fell somewhere in between. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#between #dad #direct #family #fell

Markets have built in inefficiencies, serious inefficiencies which are well known. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#known #markets #serious #well #well known

I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#breaking #down #help #i #known

You've got two people that are well known in South Dakota, respected. We'll see how it all shakes out. ↗

— Tom Daschle

#got #how #known #out #people

I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've always fought against it. ↗

— Michael Gambon

#against #almost #always #being #done