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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 was following my dad around from a young age. I don't know if it's genetic or just because I was surrounded by it, but I was always fascinated with building and construction and development.

Quotes by Donald Trump, Jr.

It used to be that phrases and lines would come into my head, often many of them in a period of five days or a week, and maybe I didn't know what I was talking about, but the words had...

Quotes by Donald Hall

And what I wanted to do was, I wanted to explore problems and areas where we didn't have answers. In fact, where we didn't even know the right questions to ask.

Quotes by Donald Johanson

Where we are going as a species is a big question. Human evolution certainly hasn't stopped. Every time individuals produce a new zygote, there's a reshuffling and recombination of genes. And we don't know where all of that is going...

Quotes by Donald Johanson

You're only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it'll look like it has something to do with the period. Obviously, the artists have something to do with one another. They...

Quotes by Donald Judd

Sheep may not be brilliant, but they know that sheep in pen is stage number one of lamb chops.

Quotes by Donald McCaig

I don't care to read about Garrison Keillor. We cover the same sort of territory, and I don't need to know anything more about him.

Quotes by Donald McCaig

I grew up homeless, you know, lived in and out of U-Haul trucks and, you know, apartment houses, friends.

Quotes by Donald Driver

I'm not wise enough to know what is the right immigration policy for the United States of America.

Quotes by Donald E. Graham

I've done it 30 years. I don't know what there is to gain by doing it 40. But I think there is something about doing it over that length of time that says something. That's seven U.S. presidents and five...

Quotes by Don Novello

I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny.

Quotes by Don Rickles

Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper.

Quotes by Don Rickles

I mean, in my - and I'm not trying to do spilled milk, but in those days it was a little - I think it was much tougher, because you got an image, and you were in a saloon. And...

Quotes by Don Rickles

I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.

Quotes by Don Rickles

The average person pushes an elevator button 6 or 7 minutes before realizing it's not working. I did a study on this, you know.

Quotes by Don Rickles

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.

Quotes by Don Shula

If my kids want to have fries, you know what, I'm gonna let my kids have fries. If they are active and if they're moving, there's nothing wrong with having some fries.

Quotes by Don Thompson

You never know what's going to happen next onstage.

Quotes by Don Ho

I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it.

Quotes by Don Johnson

Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.

Quotes by Don Kardong

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.