Knew Quotes

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

I sort of feel like music saved my life when I was young. This is the one thing that I knew I was good at.

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world.

It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.

I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognise it.

I didn't have any of those good assets to have successful teenage years. It was hard. And what saved me was definitely my whole family. I knew where I was coming from and where I was going to.

I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do episodes that had karate.

I took a little break - I was coming back to work and the last thing I was going to do was take a step backwards, so I knew that if I was going to take a feature it was going to have to be taking a step forward.

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.

I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing.

It used to be the case, like you'd switch jobs, and then maybe you wouldn't keep in touch with all the people that you knew from that old job, just because it was too hard. But one of the things that Facebook does is it makes it really easy to just stay in touch with all these people.

I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.

You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones.

I always knew I belonged on the other side of the lens.

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

I knew my destiny was to be in the winner's circle. There were times along the way where I didn't make it there. But I felt my destiny was definitely to win big titles, win lots of titles.

I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute.

We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.

I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.

I wanted to be a shoe designer, but I never thought it could be a profession. But what was the alternative? Doctor? Too dirty! Air-hostess? Maybe not! Then someone gave me a book on Roger Vivier, and, cheri, instantly I knew that was it!

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

One of the great privileges of having grown up in a middle-class literary English household, but having gone to school in the front lines in Southeast London, was that I became half-street-urchin and half-good-boy at home. I knew that dichotomy was possible.

I remember Michael dribbling at the top of the key. Everybody knew to just get the hell out of his way.

I remember hearing in first grade, 'Oh, why does she get to skip school?' It wasn't like I suddenly started feeling different. I always knew that I was. I never felt I missed out.

I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them.

As soon as people see my face on a movie screen, they knew two things: first, I'm not going to get the girl, and second, I'll get a cheap funeral before the picture is over.

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Souderton was a good town to grow up in. Everybody knew each other.

Most of the younger people I knew didn't seem to have a handle on things; they hadn't found their place, they didn't understand how the world works, they didn't understand how to treat other people, and they didn't know how to stop thinking about themselves.

Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do.