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Know Quotes

Quotes on knowing and being known.

These quotes explore both sides of 'know' - the sharp insight of knowing an opponent's weakness in sports, and the disorienting feeling of not knowing anyone after moving to a new city. Related reading includes Always Quotes.

Early in the year, you never know how teams are going to be.

Quotes by Philip Rivers

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when.

Philip Roth

All that we don't know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing.

Philip Roth

For all I know, I am beginning with the ending. My page one can wind up a year later as page two hundred, if it's still even around.

Philip Roth

You cannot not know history.

Quotes by Philip Johnson

If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect.

Quotes by Philip Johnson

I am one of the elect, one of the few in the know, in the gnosis.

Quotes by Philip K. Dick

There are a few things I lost which I shouldn't have lost. I know what I did wrong. I was lazy.

Quotes by Phil Taylor

Pinchas Perry, the director of 'The Chicago 8,' offered me the role of the judge, and he did not know that, 35 years earlier, I'd played a judge in the theater production. So life has its own little twists and...

Quotes by Philip Baker Hall

Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected.

Quotes by Philip Emeagwali

There's very few pitching coaches that I worked with that actually came out on the mound and told me what I was doing wrong with the knuckleball. Because they just didn't know. So I had to figure it out. I...

Quotes by Phil Niekro

When you get to know an artist, you find out the things that have peeved them over the years, and it's generally the stuff that has to do with somebody not wanting to do things their way in the studio.

Quotes by Phil Ramone

I've never owned a cell phone and don't plan on ever having one. If anyone needs to talk to me, they know where I live.

Quotes by Phil Robertson

I'm as much of a homophobe as Jesus was. The people who are participating in homosexual behavior, they need to know that I love them.

Quotes by Phil Robertson

It's always been about making the best Mac we know how. Among the many benefits are making it easy to use and affordable, with great features.

Quotes by Phil Schiller

When you see me at the show, I'm smiling because I want you to know I can do this all day.

Quotes by Phil Heath

I have friends with post-traumatic stress - friends with post-traumatic stress who are, you know, highly successful, capable people.

Quotes by Phil Klay

Fiction is the best way I know how to think something through.

Quotes by Phil Klay

When John Kerry and Zell Miller and George Bush can agree on an issue, you know it's got legs.

Quotes by Phil Bredesen

The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.

Quotes by Phil Crosby

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "Know" page?
A mix of sports, career, and social observations — a sharp scouting line about Koufax's weakness at the plate, a reflection on not knowing many people after moving to a new city, a note about a lesser-known Broadway credit, and a football transfer story involving Inter, Liverpool, and Galatasaray.
Are these quotes mostly about sports?
Not exclusively — two touch on sports and competition, but others are about feeling like a stranger in a new city or being underappreciated for past work, like a Broadway role people "don't know" about.
Is there a quote here about surprising choices?
Yes — the line about several clubs wanting a player, with people surprised he chose Galatasaray over Liverpool, captures an unexpected decision well.
How does "Know" differ from <a href="/like-quotes">Like</a> quotes?
"Know" quotes are about information, awareness, and being (or not being) recognized, while "Like" quotes are more about preference and taste.
What if I want something more consistently upbeat?
Good quotes or Always quotes lean more positive, while "Know" quotes here are more observational. For something closer to personal identity, Me quotes is also worth checking.

Others touch on being unknown for past work, or clubs wanting advance knowledge of a player's next career move. See Good Quotes and Me Quotes for related themes.