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The unknown13 quotes
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. — Dorothy Gale · 1939Follow the yellow brick road. — The Munchkins · 1939As we know, there are known knowns-there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns-that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know. — Donald Rumsfeld · 2002All we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown. — William Harvey · 1628You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound. A dimension of sight. A dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... The Twilight Zone. — Rod Serling · 1960My course is set for an uncharted sea. — Dante Alighieri · 1321All 13 quotes →Death2 quotes
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. — Socrates · 399 BCEither death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night. — Socrates · 339 BCIgnorance2 quotes
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. — Socrates · 399 BCMen blaspheme what they do not know. — Blaise Pascal · 1662The afterlife2 quotes
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. — Socrates · 399 BCEither death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night. — Socrates · 339 BCThe mysterious2 quotes
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound. A dimension of sight. A dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... The Twilight Zone. — Rod Serling · 1960The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown. — Rene Magritte · 1970Adventure1 quote
Follow the yellow brick road. — The Munchkins · 1939American politics1 quote
As we know, there are known knowns-there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns-that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know. — Donald Rumsfeld · 2002Beginning of a journey1 quote
My course is set for an uncharted sea. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Blasphemy1 quote
Men blaspheme what they do not know. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Epistemology1 quote
As we know, there are known knowns-there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns-that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know. — Donald Rumsfeld · 2002Fear of death1 quote
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. — Socrates · 399 BCHuman nature1 quote
There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. — Elias Canetti · 1960Knowledge1 quote
As we know, there are known knowns-there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns-that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know. — Donald Rumsfeld · 2002Limits of knowledge1 quote
All we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown. — William Harvey · 1628Taking action1 quote
If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1843The future1 quote
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. — Proverbs 27:1 · 686 BCTomorrow1 quote
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. — Proverbs 27:1 · 686 BCTravel1 quote
My course is set for an uncharted sea. — Dante Alighieri · 1321