I know I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.


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I DONT KNOW
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
SOCRATES
I don't know what I am. And it's not important.
DON MIGUEL RUIZ
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ELTON JOHN
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I don't fit in because I was born to stand out
I AM TIMEPIECE
The only thing I know is that I know nothing, and i am no quite sure that i know that.
SOCRATES
Herodotus, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all claimed that they knew nothing and so I guess I know e...
GEORGE OTERO
I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong.
EDWARD SNOWDEN
I know the law... I am it's greatest transgressor.
ROY BEAN
I know I am very beautiful.
ANNA HELD
I know how deeply slothful I am.
JOSEPH EPSTEIN
You know, I think I am faintly spiritual.
DAMIAN LEWIS
My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.
MICHAEL STIPE
I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
SOCRATES
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
PLATO
I don't know, where i am going
But i know, i am on my way
I don't know, what i am doing AAMIR SARFRAZ (AAMIR RAJPUT KHAN)
When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.
VIVIEN LEIGH
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
NATHAN FILLION
I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
NAJIB MIKATI
I also know that I am not a great technician.
JOHN FAHEY
I am happiest when I don't know what's coming next.
CATE BLANCHETT
What am I? Do I know? I am a man: quite simply, a 'breather.'
MARCEL DUCHAMP
I am the wisest man alive, for I know I consciously know nothing at all. I am the smartest man alive...
AKELILE BERHANU
Who am I? I am that. Nothing can change that. Words, intellect and concepts can never reach that. It...
AMIT RAY
I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.
TRACY MORGAN
I only know that I know nothing
SOCRATES
This I know - that I know nothing.
PLATO
If I don't know I don't know, I think I know. If I don't know I know, I think I don'...
R. D. LAING
I know I can be very standoffish.
DAVE PELZER
When it comes to me, I know what I can do and can't do.
ISAIAH MUSTAFA
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
I can't control what people think. They know who I am.
NAS
I'm okay in my skin, you know... I'm okay with who I am.
DANA PLATO
I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
CARL SANDBURG
You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.
PAUL ROBESON
I am going to marry Fantasia. She just doesn't know it yet.
MICHAEL SCOTT
I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient.
MAYA ANGELOU
I am cheerful. I don't know if I'm happy. There is a difference, you know.
TOM ROBBINS
I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am.
MELISSA MCCARTHY
My neighbors are quiet. I am not. I don't know if they're dead or alive.
CHARO
We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
Though I am the author of this system, one should know that I do nothing and I am eternal.
BHAGAVAD GITA
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
VOLTAIRE
You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.
CARLY FIORINA
I am happy to know that my husband regards me as a woman and a person.
KATHERINE DUNHAM
I know who I am, and I know who you are, and nothing else matters. it's how we live our life.
TAL MCTHENIA
I know nothing, because I know too much, and understand not nearly enough and never will.
ANNE RICE
I know enough now to know I know nothing.
AMY POEHLER
I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man.
PETE TOWNSHEND
I don't know if I can prepare for what's to come because I don't know what will.
DAISY RIDLEY
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
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.
SOCRATES
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
SOCRATES
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
FRIDA KAHLO
I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.
FRIDA KAHLO
I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.
GERALD R. FORD
I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.
ZSA ZSA GABOR
I know nothing about sex, because I was always married.
GLORIA LEONARD
I know nothing about sex because I was always married.
ZSA ZSA GABOR
I know only that it is time for me to be something when I am nothing.
PATRICK BRANWELL BRONTë
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matt...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
I am alive because I know how to love love.
SANTOSH KALWAR
I feel like when people judge me they're not judging me, because they don't know who I am.
GISELE BUNDCHEN
I don't even know who I am. All I know is that I am the sibling, daughter, sister, the friend of...
ERIN FOSTER
Don't try to tell me what I am because I know what I am not
AMIT ABRAHAM
Sometimes I know that there is intelligent life on other planets because they haven't tried to conta...
UNKNOWN
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
SAINT IGNATIUS
In my heart I know what kind of person I am, and that's good enough.
VIJAY SINGH
I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am.
JACK WHITTAKER
I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
FATOU BENSOUDA
I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.
EDDIE SLOVIK
I know there is a stereotype that I am naive, but I know what I want, and I know what I'm doing ...
DAN SHECHTMAN
And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.
JESUS CHRIST
I don't know if I am a good cook, but I am a dedicated cook.
STELLAN SKARSGARD
I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I am someone who enjoys change.
COBI JONES
I know what I am in Washington to do: I'm here to fight for hardworking families.
ELIZABETH WARREN
I am not temperamental. I just know what I want and if I don't have it, I try to get it.
PAULETTE GODDARD
So I don't feel particularly wealthy-but, you know, I pay my taxes and I know that I am.
DAN SAVAGE
There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.
CONOR MCGREGOR
My music is an extension of who I am and what I went through and what I know musically.
CASEY JAMES
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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don'...
TAMORA PIERCE
When I learn that I know nothing, I realize I know more than I ever knew before.
JIM GENOVESE
Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her.
FRANCIS I
Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.
STANISLAUS I
Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to ma...
BAUDOUIN I
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
NAPOLEON I
When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
GREGORY I
One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The su...
I CHING
The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and rema...
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