John Knowles Quotes


My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education. - John Knowles


In high school football, things happen. For them, I'm sure it was a big disappointment. For us, we got a first down in that situation and it helped us. We felt good coming out of halftime and knew that if we stayed with the game plan, the kids would come up with the big plays. - John Knowles


I'm leery about trying to prohibit them at the current location. - John Knowles


If we could get some grant money, it would ease the burden on the taxpayers of Philipsburg. - John Knowles


I think it is probably going to cost people their lives. - John Knowles


I like the way we came back... Give credit to Shippensburg, those kids played hard. Their secondary was great; I thought we'd be able to throw more on them. - John Knowles


Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school. - John Knowles


As a kid from a border state, I found the New Hampshire winter breathtakingly cold - for a while I didn't think I could breathe there at all - but I survived to return for the summer session of 1943. - John Knowles


An abscess on his leg developed and he was in so much pain. - John Knowles


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