Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes

For all we know, we know nothing.

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• How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Man
  • Knows
  • Keep

• The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

  

  Mark Twain
  • Man
  • Knows
  • Optimist

• You know, I've been playing with my hair color ever since I was nine.

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • Hair
  • Color
  • Knows

• I don't know many people who don't have somebody in their family who's a part of the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender community. It's not like they're aliens or outsiders. This is family.

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • People
  • Family
  • Community

• I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!

  

  James Brown
  • Knows
  • Karate

• The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • Character
  • Knows
  • Easier

• I always wanted to know what it felt like to fall on stage... now I know. It's not how you fall, but how you get up

  

  Geoffrey Holder
  • Up
  • Fall
  • Knows

• Anyone who ever spoke to me would know I would never say the words 'get hitched' nxt time do ur research.

  

  Lady Starlight
  • Time
  • Words
  • Knows

• The best criticism is the sort that tells you what you already know but had been reluctant to accuse yourself of.

  

  J. D. McClatchy
  • Knows
  • Criticism
  • Reluctant

• I'll be the first to admit it, the life I'm leading is basically a joke. I should probably be cooler about it, but I can't fake it, you know?

  

  Andy Roddick
  • Life
  • Knows
  • Should

• I once woke up at a random guy's house and i didn't actually know who he was.

  

  Louis Tomlinson One Direction
  • Up
  • Guy
  • House

• Everyone lives the way she knows best. What I mean by 'their happiness' is living a life untouched as much as possible by the knowledge that we are really, all of us, alone. That's not a bad thing.

  

  Banana Yoshimoto
  • Life
  • She
  • Bad

• If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

  

  M. Scott Peck
  • Way
  • Knows
  • Ifs

• I'm in a really good place. I used to be a right worrier, but being in a settled relationship has made a massive difference. I was on my own for three years before meeting David. I'm very happy with him, he's a fantastic man. But you never know what's around the corner, so you just hope for the best.

  

  Anna Friel
  • Good
  • Happy
  • Hope

• You think you know me just because you know my name, think you've seen me 'cause you've seen every line on my face.

  

  Jon Bon Jovi
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  • Faces
  • Causes

• Oh," says Owen, "but I would have, you know." "I know you would have," says Liz, "and knowing you would have is nearly as good.

  

  Gabrielle Zevin
  • Good
  • Knows
  • Knowing

• It's so strange how my life's changed; I know nothing about the people that I touch.

  

  Michael Hutchence INXS
  • People
  • Life
  • Knows

• People who don't know you, you don't know their motives. They smile at you all day, "Oh, that's great. You've done it again! You're the greatest!" And that's not good for an artist.

  

  Jay-Z
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• I continue to write songs that are topically related to social, political and economic issues of our time, but I also recognize that onstage, I have a lot of fun and audiences have a lot of fun, so I'm trying to package the messages in music and sounds that are fun to perform and fun to listen to.

  

  Aloe Blacc
  • Time
  • Music
  • Trying

• I have made myself two or three caps to wear of evenings since I came home, and they save me a world of torment as to hair-dressing, which at present gives me no trouble beyond washing and brushing, for my long hair is always plaited up out of sight, and my short hair curls well enough to want no papering.

  

  Jane Austen
  • Home
  • Wear
  • Evenings

• I was a nervous young man. I wanted to do so many things. And I was so enthusiastic and earnestly in love with so many things that I tried too hard. I tried really, really hard. And I made a lot of mistakes. I was afraid of a lot of stuff. And I kind of feel bad for that person I was.

  

  Ryan Adams
  • Men
  • Kind
  • Mistake

• For all we know, we know nothing.

  

  Terence McKenna
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