Knew Quotes

Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were.

Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world as a skater. And now? A lot of people in eastern Germany have lost jobs, rents went up, food costs went up, unemployment went to 20 percent. Freedom is good, but it is not easy.

I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it.

I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God's sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving.

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.

I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go.

I realize now that I was a feminist and the minute I heard the word I certainly knew it meant me, but at that time I don't think we had the label yet. But there's no doubt about it that I was born a feminist.

Living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me.

The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore.

I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry.

The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.

I was raised in Hollywood and knew, from as early as grammar school, classmates who were in the business.

Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.

I knew de Kooning and I went to his studio so I knew about de Kooning's work. But only a little handful knew about it, you know. Maybe there were ten people that knew about it.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.

I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do. I knew I was not going to be controlled. I knew there was a price for this, but I did not know there was as large a price as it turned out to be.

I start to feel like I can't maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is.

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

That was the impetus for me to do music or art, because I knew if I didn't try when I was young, then I would get to be in my 40's and I'd be really unhappy that I hadn't.

Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good.

My earliest professional musical experiences were really as a session player, and every day was an adventure. Three sessions a day, every day, and you never knew who you would be working with until you arrived at the studio.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

I've had biker clubs reach out to me whenever they knew I was in their city.

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.

You knew everybody at all the studios and you saw them often.