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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.

There are a lot of games out there these days that you either know how to play it or don't, or if you spend enough time pounding away at it, you're going to beat it eventually.

Quotes by Hideaki Itsuno

People nowadays don't know about the Cold War and the U.S.'s old rivalry with the U.S.S.R.

Quotes by Hideo Kojima

I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it.

Quotes by Hilary Duff

Every week I read about myself in a magazine, about something that I haven't done or some place that I've never been or don't even know. It's just gossip, rumors, egos, and politics.

Quotes by Hilary Duff

Girls bat their eyelashes and act like they don't know anything in front of guys they like, or give a little bit of eye contact, but not too much, or a bit of touching. Or being coy. Sure, I do...

Quotes by Hilary Duff

People don't know how fantastic women's ice hockey is. People don't know how fantastic hockey is in general.

Quotes by Hilary Knight

It is difficult to know how the Tudors actually spoke because we're going back before Shakespeare; much of the drama from that period is courtly, allegorical.

Quotes by Hilary Mantel

What really disconcerts commentators, I suspect, is that when they read historical fiction, they feel their own lack of education may be exposed; they panic, because they don't know which bits are true.

Quotes by Hilary Mantel

You all know how powerful and varied are the effects of which steam engines are capable; with them has really begun the great development of industry which has characterised our century before all others.

Quotes by Hermann von Helmholtz

We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.

Quotes by Hernan Cortes

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

Quotes by Herodotus

Writing itself does not know what it looks like while one is doing it, only when it's finished.

Quotes by Herta Muller

I'm doing what I have to do. I want everyone to know that I love them.

Quotes by Herve Villechaize

I know of no better name than Anarchism.

Quotes by Herbert Read

You never have to know all the answers because you won't be asked all the questions.

Quotes by Herbert V. Prochnow

I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.

Quotes by Herbie Mann

What I try to do is produce an atmosphere where musicians want to invest in what they do and give to the recording. I hire those musicians who I know will play something creative and interesting.

Quotes by Herbie Mann

I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.

Quotes by Herman Cain

Of course you know this difference as well as I do, only you failed to draw from it the conclusions for the tactics in Western Europe, at least as far as I am able to judge from your works.

Quotes by Herman Gorter

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?

Herman Melville

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.