Knows Quotations

The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.

I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.

Everyone that knows me already know that I rarely stray from my black jeans, black T-shirt and a black jacket - tailored or leather. I like to have a uniform and one that's versatile. I'm a very hands-on Creative Director, and I need to feel comfortable and be able to move between both casual and more formal attire at the same time.

Basically, I see myself as a maker of things who knows how to support other makers of things. At the end of the day, I am just committed to helping put good stories out into the world in whatever role is appropriate and needed for that particular project.

A critic is a eunuch working in a harem. He watches it, but he knows he can't do it. Critics very often are failed writers and, like failed priests, they hate religion.

A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.

I was always a big fan of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's '2000-Year-Old Man' sketch. I think it's one of the biggest influences on the podcast, definitely. You'd never say Carl Reiner was the funniest dude on there, because he's just teeing it up, but he knows what questions to ask to lead to great improv.

Coal mining is an industry rife with mismanagement, corruption, greed and an almost blatant disregard for the safety, health and quality of life of its work force. Everyone knows this. Everyone has always known it.

I'm just a girl from Amsterdam. It's a small city. Everybody knows Amsterdam, but it's still a small city. To come from there, to work with Will. i. am... it's like, 'What happened?! What did I do right?'

It's an exciting life. I don't know where God is leading us. I just know that He opens doors and He closes the doors, and it is always the best for us.

It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.

As long as I have my faith in God, I'm good. I know everything else is going to come.

My wife knows that I thrive on independence, and whatever girls live with me must know that, too. They must realize I have a certain respect for my wife and love for my children, and my work comes pretty much ahead of all that.

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy.

It's nice to have a catcher who knows my mechanics, too. That way if I get into trouble he can stop it before I get out of control.

In life, loss is inevitable. Everyone knows this, yet in the core of most people it remains deeply denied - 'This should not happen to me.' It is for this reason that loss is the most difficult challenge one has to face as a human being.

The reality is that the work I do is not private work. I bring all my secrets, my life, to my work. Anybody who's seen my work knows everything about me.

In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges, and there is a lot of great banter between them. Meanwhile, in Arthur, Merlin has a friend he can really rely on. Merlin knows that when it comes the crunch, Arthur will always do the right thing.

World events can shape culture. Music is either a soundtrack for or a narration of changing times. And who knows how that's going to go?

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Whoever has played tennis knows the court is pretty big and you always have space to put the ball in.

But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?

An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions.

In the end I'm the only one who knows me

I, Alexander B. Campbell, make this statement of the cause of my death to relieve the coroner of the necessity of an inquest, and also let my friends know the motive that led me to take my own life.

Artists don't compare themselves to each other based on money. Nobody really knows what money other artists have. They don't care that much. The measure is the work and how you think your work is perceived. How the museums are. How you are doing.

I'm never going to forget Wellston. It's where I grew up. It's my heart and my pride. The people are great here. I'm going to give back. I was born and raised here. I'm a humble person. The community knows that. I want to build it back to how it was and be a happier place than it was.

For years, I've been wondering what could happen to nuclear submarines when they dive and disappear from the surface of the earth for months, without a trace. No one really knows where they are.

As soon as you go into merchandising, everyone nods sagely and says, 'Ah, now we know why you are doing it.

I really loved working with Michael Caine. He's a really skilled and experienced actor. I learn something from everybody, but when you work with somebody like that, you actually learn things you can put in your toolbox, things about craft. Not necessarily life lessons, but actual things he knows that you can pick up.

When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks. But if I were to find new life, who knows what daunting tasks I might be required to take on?

The whole of government needs to contribute to the shared goal of restructuring the British economy. But that means taking on the myth that the Treasury either knows best or can run it all. It just doesn't.

In times such as these, people should recognize that evil knows no borders, knows no limits and knows no compassion. Those around the globe that value freedom must continue to persevere even in the darkest of times.

Don't listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, they'd sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance.

Of course, De Niro has had a long history of memorable performances. Everyone knows 'Taxi Driver' and 'Raging Bull,' but 'Awakenings' really did something for me.

Stupidity knows no bounds and certainly no city limits, but by and large, 99 percent of the people who come to Melvins shows seem to be relatively well behaved... I'm happy and relieved by this.

One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are funny to the writer, but you don't know why they're doing it and it doesn't make any sense.

You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated should you so decide.

I don't know anybody who does what I do. I'm very underground.

It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.

There were times when there were parts that I was sure I got and then I didn't, and I did get upset. But at this point, it doesn't affect me in the least because I know how the business works.

Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.

If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you have it, you don't have it. If you don't have it but you think you have it, then you have it.

But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.

It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.

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

You know I take music seriously, right? So I expect journalists to take being a journalist seriously.

People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much.

There is nothing that anyone can say to prepare you for childbirth. Each woman's experience is so different; you never know how it will be for you!

You never really know how quick you are before you reach F1.

I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me.

Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.

You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration.

I don't claim to know everything. I claim to be a seeker of knowledge.

I don't know how people live without coffee, I really don't.

Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now.

The public already knows about me more than I ever wanted it to know.

I don't know what an audience wants to see but I know what I like to see.

I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.

I know the difference between true love and the love of my fans.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

I come in. I'm going to sketch, I'm going to drape, I don't know what I'm going to do.

You see, I don't know how to ride a motorcycle, actually.

You never know where a blessing can come from.

I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is. This has been normal for me.

All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.

I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.

Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but that's my problem

Falling in love as we know it is an addictive experience.

You never pull the trigger until you know you can win.

I've lost love. I've tried to reclaim a lost love and didn't know how to do it.

If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know.

But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all.

I know it's very 'old media' of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web.

As an actor, I was a fantastic rebel. Then I became a directorial rebel and understood rebels from both sides. So now I am a friend who gives advice - not one who knows more, necessarily, but who shares ideas.

Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.

When one knows at an early age that their gift, talent and direction is musical, one tends to focus on that and let nothing interfere or impede the forward motion toward the end of that rainbow. And after 50-something years of rockin' out, you still realise there is no end to that distant rainbow until one's last sunset.

If he could go back, choose another career, my father would have liked to have been an environmentalist of some kind, which is why he'd really like to be remembered for something almost nobody knows he did: naming Earth Day. It agitated him to look up Earth Day on Wikipedia recently and not see his name anywhere. So a few days ago, I added it.

The reason most people get eating disorders is because they want to be skinny, but they do it stupidly, and they stop eating completely - nobody knows anything about nutrition or exercise. I think it should be a separate subject in school.

'Weary Willie' is very real to me. He is a man who has given up. The boat has gone and left him. The cards are stacked against him. He's content to make out with what he's got. He knows he'll go no further.

My husband came up to Hot Rocks to check up on me, why is still unknown to me because if I was to cheat on him it wouldn't be in a neighborhood bar where he knows I am.

You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!

There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.

It's true, I'm the youngest, highest-grossing French director. I have a few records, but no one knows or simply doesn't care. That's good, because I like that. Ultimately, I want to keep working, making a lot of movies, and get better at it. It's about finding great scripts and bringing them to life.

He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer

There is the story in every man's heart of human progress. I believe every one of us knows that his major job on Earth is to make some contributions, no matter how small, to this inexorable movement of human progress.

I never hand in a book until it's completed. Richard Jackson then reads it and asks me to clarify murky points. We work very well together. He knows how hard to push, and I know how hard to push back. He's the only person who can criticize my work without me throwing a hissy fit.

You can always tell gifted and highly intelligent people as they always turn to the past. Any young person who knows anything that happened before 1980, or 1990, or 2000 for that matter, is immediately someone who is intelligent, probably creative, maybe a writer. Nobody who is drawn to the past and learning about the past is not gifted.

The king knows with what ardor and perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and to the principles of humanity, equality and justice.

Apple knows a lot of data. Facebook knows a lot of data. Amazon knows a lot of data. Microsoft used to, and still does with some people, but in the newer world, Microsoft knows less and less about me. Xbox still knows a lot about people who play games. But those are the big five, I guess.

Before you do anything, you need to know if it's right or wrong.

As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by an anxiety that knows no irony, and I must wait until the next day to rediscover the blend of anguish and humor that characterizes my writing and that generates my style.

The army is always the same. The sun and the moon change. The army knows no seasons.

You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers.

I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling.

All my kids have worked in the family business. I've been successful at that. My family knows how to work. We all started working very young.

I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know.

Those who know the least obey the best.

So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth.