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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.

I don't know if everybody is ready to hear a woman tell them so-and-so is going to run off left tackle. But you know what? They're going to hear it.

Quotes by Lesley Visser

We've all listened to Dr. Laura Schlessinger, haven't we? We all know how not to play a psychiatrist.

Quotes by Lesley-Anne Down

I like to really know what every scene is about, what the text is, what the subtext is. Then I figure out how to express that when I'm shooting.

Quotes by Lesli Linka Glatter

I changed my name when I was 13. I don't know why but it made sense at the time. I wanted another identity. I wanted to reinvent myself.

Quotes by Leos Carax

Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.

Quotes by Leroy Chiao

As astronauts know better than anyone else, risks, incidents, and mishaps are inevitable in the development of any high-performance vehicle. The emergence of supersonic flight during the 1940s and of the Century Series of fighters in the 1950s came with...

Quotes by Leroy Chiao

I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism, so that's what it is, I guess.

Quotes by LeRoy Neiman

Jogi Low and Pep Guardiola both know exactly how to deal with me. To receive criticism from big coaches even delights me a bit.

Quotes by Leroy Sane

I needed a little time to settle, to know the Premier League, the people here, how they are, and to know the players. I had to find my confidence.

Quotes by Leroy Sane

Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got.

Quotes by Les Aspin

You know, they wanted to do a Broadway album and every show was kind of a bomb. There was no music at all.

Quotes by Les Baxter

I don't know what the problem with Capitol is. Some one's got to wake 'em up. Prod 'em a little bit.

Quotes by Les Baxter

I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV.

Quotes by Leonard Slatkin

Space can vibrate, space can fluctuate, space can be quantum mechanical, but what the devil is it? And, you know, everybody has their own idea about what it is, but there's no coherent final consensus on why there is space.

Quotes by Leonard Susskind

The painter who is familiar with the nature of the sinews, muscles, and tendons, will know very well, in giving movement to a limb, how many and which sinews cause it; and which muscle, by swelling, causes the contraction of...

Leonardo da Vinci

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role.

Quotes by Leonardo DiCaprio

One is born, one lives, one dies. What death is, I don't know.

Quotes by Leonora Carrington

You should always know when you're shifting gears in life. You should leave your era; it should never leave you.

Quotes by Leontyne Price

I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life.

Quotes by Leonard Cohen

I've got beautiful reviews for all my books, and I'm very well thought of in the tiny circles that know me, but I'm really starving.

Quotes by Leonard Cohen

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.