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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.

Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes.

Quotes by Carl Bernstein

There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.

Quotes by Carl Bernstein

In the mainstream, I'm suspect because I'm black. I have dreadlocks, I have a goatee. I mean, I'm just suspect. In my classroom and at Columbia, I'm not as suspect because it's clear I know what I'm doing, but I...

Quotes by Carl Hart

One of the things we know about people is that people are not very courageous in general.

Quotes by Carl Hart

The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it.

Quotes by Carl Jung

I know a lot of people who transitioned and dropped out of society for two years. They don't talk to anybody. They become hermits. They try to do everything alone.

Quotes by Candis Cayne

It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.

Quotes by Candy Crowley

I don't know a lot about politics.

Quotes by Canelo Alvarez

When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.

Quotes by Captain Beefheart

I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any.

Quotes by Captain Beefheart

I don't know anything about music.

Quotes by Captain Beefheart

Ooh, I'd love to be in a movie with Meryl Streep or Martin Scorsese. There are so many different things I want to do, maybe like a possessed child or an evil something... I don't know!

Quotes by Cara Delevingne

To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

Quotes by Cardinal Richelieu

I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't.

Quotes by Carey Mulligan

Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who talks and asks, and talks, and talks, and talks and questions and turns things around. I'm like a...

Quotes by Carice van Houten

I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get.

Quotes by Campbell Scott

I love that I'm rarely recognized. I like it because I know I can look different from film to film.

Quotes by Campbell Scott

I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.

Quotes by Camren Bicondova

Mexican, Mediterranean, Italian, sushi, I love it all. Put it on a plate, and as long as I know what it is, I will eat it.

Quotes by Camren Bicondova

Both of my parents are professors and everyone in my family has some fabulous degree of something or another and I couldn't get into college because I didn't know a language.

Quotes by Camryn Manheim

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.