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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 know writers, and they seem to be the most disgruntled part of the art world.

Quotes by Jonathan Pryce

When the arts are taken out of the syllabus, people are not going to know what it's like to value the theater.

Quotes by Jonathan Pryce

You can't know what you don't know. You can't know about things you have yet to discover.

Quotes by Jonathan Raymond

You can't know what the future holds, though you might conjecture on it, and if you're psychic, you might venture a guess.

Quotes by Jonathan Raymond

A lot of my success is because of what I look like. I know that.

Quotes by Jonathan Rhys Meyers

You know what I like to do on a Sunday morning? Clean my house. I really enjoy it; it's my ritual. I require tidiness, actually. I have to have everything spotless before I can relax.

Quotes by Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!

Quotes by Jonathan Richman

Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.

Quotes by Jonathan Sacks

I know lots and lots and lots of vegetarians who think it's perfectly all right to kill animals for food to eat, but don't do it because they think all the ways in which it's done are wrong.

Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer

If there ever has been any confusion about my sexuality, then you are someone that doesn't even know me!

Quotes by Jonathan Knight

I like dry-to-the-bone stuff. I don't know what it is. I was raised on PBS showing weird British comedies.

Quotes by Jonathan Krisel

My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.

Quotes by Jonathan Krohn

I find airports to be purgatorial in many ways. I mean, even from the basics of the design: you know, this sort of - this muted gray and the fluorescent lights.

Quotes by Jonathan Miles

Making a movie is difficult enough to sort of have a premeditated length that you're going for. I don't know a single filmmaker on the planet who does that.

Quotes by Jonathan Mostow

We tend to read each other's books in sizeable chunks as they are written. I don't know that you could say we are ruthless with each other - in fact, I suppose we are very kind. There are ways to...

Quotes by Jonathan Kellerman

I don't know the true meaning of happiness.

Quotes by Jonathan Davis

I've been on Prozac for 12 years and I'm off it now. I know what it feels like to be excited and sad again. I haven't felt like this in 12 years; I'm like a giddy little kid.

Quotes by Jonathan Davis

More than periods where I don't write anything, I have periods where I just write junk and I know I'm writing junk but I can't stop.

Quotes by Jonathan Dee

I just need to believe that we're not in some form of stasis, that we can try to be whoever we want to be. We probably won't get there, but we might get a little bit closer, you know?

Quotes by Jonathan Evison

I used to think it was hard to write, and I still find the process more or less unpleasant, but if I know what I'm doing it rattles along, then the rewrite whips it into shape rather quickly.

Quotes by Jonathan Franzen

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.