Did You Know Quotes - Page 2

• I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• How did you know you're alive, unless you'd once been dead?

  Alan Watts

  Alive, Knows

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• When you're feeling down, did you know that you can change it in an instant? Put on a beautiful piece of music or start singing - that'll change your emotion.

  Bob Proctor

  Beautiful, Feeling Down, Feelings

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• Did you know that Dog Heaven and Cat Hell were the same place?

  Dana Gould

  Dog, Cat, Heaven

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• In this time of recession, it is the time for invention. Did you know both the telephone and the automobile were invented during recessions? So was 'talking dirty.'

  Eugene Mirman

  Dirty, Talking, Funny Graduation

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• Did you know...that when you walk past a flower, whether it be in somebody's garden or on a vacant hillside, the flower will always smile at you. The most polite way to respond, I've been told, is to cheerfully return the smile.

  Ron Atchison

  Smile, Flower, Garden

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• Did you know children are dying because of AIDS. Missing the medicines that prevent transmission from mother to child. Missing the protection from parents teachers and role models that can teach them about the danger, and keep them safe from sexual exploitation. Children are missing your support. Unite for children. Unite against AIDS.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Mother, Teacher, Children

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• Did you know you can take your bus anywhere you want to go? Say yes three times with me. Yes, yes, yes. You can take it to the movies, the beach or the North Pole. Just say where you want to go and believe that it will be so. Because every journey and ride begins with a desire to go somewhere and do something and if you have a desire then you also have the power to make it happen.

  Jon Gordon

  Beach, Believe, Journey

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• Did you know that Allah promises you a seat in Paradise if you kill a Christian?

  Quentin Crisp

  Christian, Promise, Paradise

  Source: davidbenson.webs.com

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• You'd be amazed at what I can do. Did you know I can swim?

  Ryan Lochte

  Swim, Amazed, Knows

  Source: www.elle.com

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• My name is Cammie!” I didn’t think about all the people I could have woken, all the alarms that might have gone off. I just snapped, “How did you know about Boston? Why are you working with Mr. Solomon now? Are you my friend or are you my enemy, Zach? Or, wait, let me guess, you can’t tell me.

  Ally Carter

  Thinking, Boston, Names

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• Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only one day, of modern warfare.

  Peter Ustinov

  Peace, Children, Justice

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• Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt? You put on something from the cleaners, they're gonna spit up just like that. My wardrobe looks like we have condors living in our yard.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Funny, Baby, Humor

  "You Might Be a Redneck If". Book by Jeff Foxworthy, 1993.

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• Did you know— then?” asked Harry. “Did I know that I had just met the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time? No.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dark, Wizards, Lord

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• Did you know that she was cyborg?” asked a woman in an unhidden tone of disgust. Kai stared at her, appearing confused, then let his gaze dance over the crowd. He shuffled his feet closer to the podium, a wrinkle forming on the bridge of his nose. Cinder bit the inside of her cheek and braced herself for adamant disgust. Who would ever invite a cyborg to the ball? But instead, Kai said simply, “I don’t see that her being cyborg is relevant. Next question?” Cinder’s metal fingers jolted.

  Marissa Meyer

  Confused, Wrinkles, Bridges

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• Hmph," said Sharon . "Did you know that the numbers three and seven are sacred to vampires? There are seven vampire sects." "Seven sacred sects," I repeated. "Say that three times fast." "How about I spank you instead?" asked Patrick in a benign tone that belied the flare of irritation in his gaze. "Only if you tie me to a bed and use a paddle." His silver eyes went molten. Uh-oh. Me and my big smart-aleck mouth. "I… uh, sorry. I didn't mean that. I saw Secretary a few too many times. I'm impressionable.

  Michele Bardsley

  Sorry, Smart, Mean

  Michele Bardsley (2006). “I'm the Vampire, That's Why”, p.68, Penguin

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• Did you know there are thirty-two names for love in one of the Eskimo languages?" August said. "And we just have this one. We are so limited, you have to use the same word.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  August, Names, Two

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.140, Penguin

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• Why, did you know that if a beaver two feet long with a tail a foot and a half long can build a dam twelve feet high and six feet wide in two days, all you would need to build Boulder Dam is a beaver sixty-eight feet long with a fifty-one-foot tail?" "Where would you find a beaver that big?" grumbled the Humbug as his pencil point snapped. "I'm sure I don't know," he replied, "but if you did, you'd certainly know what to do with him.

  Norton Juster

  Eight, Two, Feet

  Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.175, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I wanted to say something brilliant. My God, Holmes, how did you know the zombie was hiding in the flower pot? But I couldn't lie.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Lying, Flower, Zombie

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5”, p.765, Penguin

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• You never know!” Neith snapped. “The point is, I’ll survive the apocalypse. I can live off the land!” She jabbed a finger at me. “Did you know the palm tree has six different edible parts?” “Um—” “And I’ll never be bored,” Neith continued, “since I’m also the goddess of weaving. I have enough twine for a millennium of macramé!” I had no reply, as I wasn’t sure what macramé was.

  Rick Riordan

  Land, Bored, Tree

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• She [Susanna] realized she was still hugging the wall. Pride propelled her two steps forward. As she advanced, something bleated at her, as though chastising her for trespassing. She stopped midstep and peered at it. "Did you know there's a lamb in here?" "Never mind it. That's dinner." She gave it a smile and a friendly pat. "Hullo, Dinner. Aren't you a sweet thing." "It's not his name, it's his...function.

  Tessa Dare

  Sweet, Wall, Pride

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• Did you know that it's a lot harder to put organs back in the body than it is to get them out?

  Richelle Mead

  Body, Harder, Organs

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Fiery Heart: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.72, Penguin

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• All writers are insecure, the male ones especially. It's well known. Why else would they spend so much time on make-believe? They're only happy in their imaginary worlds, because that's where they're in charge - where they're God. Did you know that Hemingway's mother dressed him as a girl until he was six years old?" I was not offended by Claudia's glib psychological theory. Like many glib psychological theories, it struck me as fundamentally correct.

  Philip Sington

  Girl, Mother, Believe

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• Did you know...you make me so happy that sometimes I actually forget to breath? I'll be looking at you, and my chest will get so tight...and it's like, the only thought in my head is how much I want to reach over and kiss you.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Love, Kissing, Want

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• Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today.

  Julia Quinn

  Men, Today, Idiot

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