All I know is that I do not know anything
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I DONT KNOW Herodotus, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all claimed that they knew nothing and so I guess I know e...
GEORGE OTERO I don't know how to do anything, all i do is try hard and pray hard...
OLASOT I do think all art is autobiographical, and I do think I know quite a bit about women. I don't k...
GLORIA VANDERBILT I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I'd do anything not to be this...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Man does not fight because he has arms. He has arms because he fights
UNKNOWN I believe that we do not know anything for certain, but everything probably.
CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS I do not know if all cops are poets, but I know that all cops carry guns with triggers.
RALPH ELLISON I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences.
GERTRUDE STEIN Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE I really don't know anything that is going on. I think it is all just politics.
JOSEPH WHITE I'm sure that I know that, it's behind one of all doors.
DEYTH BANGER The clergy know that I know that they know that they do not know
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL I know that I do not know, and uncertainty, certainly, is the cruelest of words.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE I cannot say that I know Brahman fully.
Nor can I say that I know him not....
Nor do I kno...
PRABHAVANANDA I do not know it all and do not claim to.
DAVID PRATT It's not good, but I don't know how bad it is. Anything I do with twisting, I'll probably feel it.
CORY LIDLE All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. ...
LISA GARDNER I don't know anything about Seattle. All I know is they have a big building with a thing on top.
TIM PIETT I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.
CLARENCE DARROW I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
CLARENCE DARROW among all you know, there is one that you do not know. it is ignorance.
JHEB KRUEGER (JEFF) I don't know, ... I do not know.
AL HIRT I can't get too into it, but basically I can tell you I did not do anything wrong and I know that fo...
NICK CARTER They (the players) want to go unbeaten all year. I don't know if that is possible. I do know we're g...
JOHN STOCKTON I don't know about all that stuff. I do know his team will be prepared.
GERALD BRENCE I know how to do anything - I'm a mom.
ROSEANNE BARR Know how to do anything - Im a mom
ROSEANNE BARR I know how to do anything - I'm a mom.
ROSEANNE I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible.
LIZ PHAIR We were all brought up to want things and maybe the world isn't big enough for all that wanting. I d...
JOHN UPDIKE They don't know who I am; what they do know, is that I'm not nothing, and that I'm not noone.
JUSTIN K. MCFARLANE BEAU I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish anyw...
JULIA STILES I don't understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas...
ANTON CHEKHOV I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerin...
ANTON CHEKHOV You know. I'll try anything. I'll do anything. I'll explore. Try different takes. All th...
COLIN FARRELL I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know
WILLIAM SAFIRE To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true...
COPERNICUS To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true...
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS I do not know what I do not know and therein lies the problem.
JIM GENOVESE To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowled...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU The only thing I know for sure is how much I do not know.
DEAN KOONTZ Although I don't know much about anything, I know that I have a story. I know that it is not over. T...
EMILY BARR You believe I run after the strange because I do not know the beautiful; no, it is because you do no...
GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG The scary part of all of this is that I do not know what else this person may not have gotten.
JOY MILLS I don't know, I just don't know. I know that I don't ... WHAT? Know???, How do I know that I know???...
EPHDAN You know ... acting is not very difficult, once you know how to do it, ... And that's ... so beautif...
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN I don't know about anything since then that is new.
ASAF SHARIV I don't know that increasing population or increasing recreation in the national forest has anything...
LAURA LEWIS There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail t...
MARY LYON Confucius said, "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, tha...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
SOCRATES That is rare. I do not know if I have ever seen that happen before.
JEFF SQUIBB What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish ...
JULIA STILES I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.
STANLEY KUBRICK What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me.
CRAIG GROESCHEL I think you all are making a mountain out of a molehill. I don't know there was anything she said th...
REP. RICHARD CHALK It was hard at first. But I never considered not riding again. I don't really know how to do anythin...
JEFF WILLERT Anything that happens now is great. I don't know when I will retire. I'm sure the end is out there, ...
CATELLO MANZI Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life.
JAMES C. DOBSON I'd do anything for you, Tessa. I know you don't realize that now, but you will.
AILEEN ERIN Do not say all that you know, but always know what you say
APPIUS CLAUDIUS I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all th...
DAN CASTELLANETA When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I'm not going to do anything tha...
JOHN WAYNE Really, I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the fr...
FRIDA KAHLO To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
LAO-TZU Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your...
EMILY CARR I can guarantee it, " Jenks said as their eyes met. The second that you see her, you will fall in lo...
KIM HARRISON I thought I was doing all of the work. I just didn't know he was there. I couldn't do anything; he c...
JUSTIN ALLEN We know all Canadians want to know what happened. We cannot do anything that might infringe upon any...
WAYNE OAKES We all like going to the dark side of things; we all like dipping into worlds that we don't know...
ANTONY STARR I do not know what the sound is.
KAY YONG A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that h...
IDRIES SHAH All I know is, I got a jet I paid for and it's not coming back empty, ... You can bring anything. We...
DAVID PEREZ You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.
CARLY FIORINA Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did
GEORGE CARLIN I told myself not to make anything over par from that point on. I know this course and I've played w...
MIKE MCDONALD All you have to do is try not to change. But I wouldn't know how not to be myself.
DAN MARINO I do know you, Fancy. All about you. The problem is, you don’t know about me.
DIA REEVES I know with unqualified certainty that I want to die. But I also know with equivalent certainty that...
SARA BAUME I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE I do not know myself and God forbid that I should
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE I do not believe...I know.
CARL JUNG Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So ...
STEVE LACY I know that all the magic kisses in the world probably couldn't have helped him today. But I would d...
GAYLE FORMAN I have learnt to be that mother, aunt, sister, friend, guardian that I am....to some I have promised...
IRENE GOODWILL I'm not really cut out to be a politician. You know that I sometimes don't know when to shut up. Tha...
RON REAGAN He wanted to know what my thoughts were, and I explained to him that I wouldn't do anything like thi...
GARY MCLARTY I don't know anything about propaganda for Chinese reunification. I only know about charity and ...
CHEN GUANGBIAO I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend t...
CLARENCE DARROW I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend t...
CLARENCE DARROW I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend t...
CLARENCE DARROW All I know is I'm not a Marxist.
KARL MARX I don't design cars. I'm not a designer. I know what I desire to be built, I know what the e...
CARROLL SHELBY I can easily imagine Socrates in Alexander's place; Alexander in that of Socrates - never
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE As Socrates so philosophically put it, since we don't know what death is, it is illogical to fear it...
TOM STOPPARD To the extent that people do not know of anything happening to them, there is an issue about whether...
GLENN FINE I know that I don't know
All that I think I know.
I know that I may not see all
Of th...
JORDAN HOECHLIN We all know that this issue is so volatile that anything can happen.
FRANK SHARRY
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