Famous quotes containing the word knew:
“The fairest hand I ever touched: O beauty,
Till now I never knew thee.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“He was very beautiful,
the old man,
and I knew wisdom,
I found measureless truth
in his words.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and conversation is to be lost. A man who seeing his mother starving to death on a path kicks her in the stomach to clear the way, will cheerfully devote several hours of his time giving wrong directions to a total stranger who claims to be lost.”
—John Steinbeck (1902–1968)