“Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't know. Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.”
Source: Something Wicked This Way Comes
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American writer 1920–2012Related quotes
“Why you gotta act like you know, if you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything.”
"Bastard", "Songs for Silverman" (2005).
Song lyrics, Solo
“You're in bad shape when your emotions force you into acts which you know are foolish.”
Source: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 8
“You act as if you know more than I'll ever know, but I've forgotten more than you'll ever know.”
Jim Dandy : Fat Man in a Famine (1947)
Context: You act as if you know more than I'll ever know, but I've forgotten more than you'll ever know. You're snobs, too. Every man I've ever met has been a snob. You don't have to be a snob, too, do you? Please sign this piece of paper, so I can be a member of the public library and read books and find out about people. I don't want to hate you, I just can't help it.
“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
Variant: Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Source: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1