Knowing Quotes - Page 143

The real power of a wolf isn't in its fearsome jaws, which can clench with fifteen hundred pounds of pressure per square inch. The real power of a wolf is having that strength, and knowing when not to use it.

When I walk off the field exhausted, drenched in sweat, knowing I pushed myself to the physical, mental, and emotional limits, there is no better feeling.

Sold my house in LA, packed myself up and moved to New York, not knowing anybody. Friends are very hard to make after a certain age.

"I've learned what's funny verbally ain't so funny on e-mail: They don't hear your intonations. Melissa broke up with somebody over that. She tried to tell him: "That was a joke!" But he just didn't get it. Mick Jagger said, "F- 'em if they don't get the joke." And I love him. That comes with age: Knowing it's their problem, not mine."

Oh, deeply vulnerable as a woman - to love someone not knowing whether they love me in return.

I think the one-on-one gigs connecting with the fans - is the most important thing. That will help build your fan base. They'll talk about you, and word spreads. Those things are just as important as knowing how to play an E chord.

To be alive was to be disappointed. You tried and failed and kept on trying, never knowing whether you'd ever get what you wanted. But sometimes we get what we need.

Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.

As far as me knowing if Frank was a genius - in those days, I thought Einstein was the only genius around.

There is a peace deep within myself from knowing that all things are held within and sustained by the love of God.

I couldn't imagine, you know, God having a plan for my life. I thought I planned my life out.

There's a reason why Federer and Nadal are so gracious when they lose. They sleep well at night knowing that they've given their best.

I'll have spent most of the day before the match doing some preparation. That's a little bit like studying for your exams. You need to know the personalities involved, what the stories are surrounding the game and how they've come into this game. You do a lot of preparation. I like to go in knowing more than I need.

So I let my shame own me, kill me, wilt me away into a thousand dead flakes, knowing if I kept it all in, she would never have to learn the dirtiness that was forever inside me--the bad, the ugly, the twisted. She could go on living her life happy, just like she deserved.

Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were always happening.

As far as being married and what it means to me... it's nice knowing that I have a partner in life and that someone's got my back.

The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

John Currin's exaggerated realism and his twisted women kept me off balance, never knowing if they were sincere or ironic or some new emotion.

The most comforting feeling ever is knowing that someone truly likes your entire existence. I feel that way right now. Thank you.

I can't totally talk about why we divide, but... it's interesting because we're doing this scene today that's sort of the pinnacle of that. Two gangs fighting against each other, ultimately knowing that... ya know, it's like friends fighting friends. To me it's fun, personally.

A great discipline comes with knowing that everyone's very focused. I've never shot a scene thinking, I wonder if this will make it. Every scene I shoot, I know that it's going to make it into the final cut.

It's not knowing that drives you mad. It's imaging things that you wish you couldn't think up all by yourself.

I just have to relax before each shot, and let it happen knowing that I've done it a million times before.

Sounds good. Drive safe." He sighed, knowing I really meant, "Take care of my Mercedes.

And I never ask what I'm doing the next day. I don't want to know what I'm doing tomorrow. It's much too overwhelming. So I just go day by day, without knowing.