“You think you know someone. But mostly you just know what you want to know.”
Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
Source: Horns
“You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.”
Variant: You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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“You know more than you think you do.”
Benjamin Spock (1903–1998) American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care
First sentence. This is printed beneath the heading "Trust Yourself" , and thus is often quoted as "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. "
Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (1945)
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Source: Three Lives & Tender Buttons
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
Benjamin Spock (1903–1998) American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care
“Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.”
Haruki Murakami book A Wild Sheep Chase
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase
“Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?”
James Patterson (1947) American author
Source: The Angel Experiment
