--- title: "1 Knew Better Quotes By Max Barry" description: "1 Knew Better quotes by Max Barry. Plus more from Max Barry and more Knew Better sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/max-barry-7380_quote_it-was-funny-how-as-soon-as-you-knew-the_1756072.jpg" --- > [“It was funny how as soon as you knew there was something better, what you had seemed unbearable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/it-was-funny-how-as-soon-as-you-knew-there-was-something-better-what/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/max-barry-7380_quote_it-was-funny-how-as-soon-as-you-knew-the_1756072.jpg) ## More by Max Barry > [“Well, I like to know where I'm going before I try to get there. It's a mistake to try to execute a plan before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/well-i-like-to-know-where-i-m-going-before-i-try-to-get-there-it-s-a/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/hey-i-saw-this-old-british-movie-all-the-people-spoke-so-different/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [By this action, the Government has proved that so long as it exists, none of us are truly free. Government and freedom are mutually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/by-this-action-the-government-has-proved-that-so-long-as-it-exists/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [“Thanks for being the kind of person who likes to pick up a book. That's a genuinely great thing. I met a librarian recently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/thanks-for-being-the-kind-of-person-who-likes-to-pick-up-a-book-that/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [“I met a librian recently who said she doesn't read because books are her job and when she goes home, she wanats to switch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/i-met-a-librian-recently-who-said-she-doesn-t-read-because-books-are/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [I read once that you need two things to be happy: any two of health, money, and love. You can cover the absense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/i-read-once-that-you-need-two-things-to-be-happy-any-two-of-health/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [“What was it Like?" "What was what like?" he said, although he knew. "Quick, I imagine. But you must have perceived something. A split…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/what-was-it-like-what-was-what-like-he-said-although-he-knew-quick-i/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/people-resist-a-census-but-give-them-a-profile-page-and-they-ll-spend/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [every story written is marks upon a page The same marks, repeated, only differently arranged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/every-story-written-is-marks-upon-a-page-the-same-marks-repeated-only/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [“Fifteen years ago, this would have been insider trading, but that quaint concept had disappeared a decade or two ago when so many brokers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/fifteen-years-ago-this-would-have-been-insider-trading-but-that/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [“With Lola, everything was solvable. She was my independent variable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/with-lola-everything-was-solvable-she-was-my-independent-variable/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [“The newspapers said nobody made it out alive." "Surely you didn't trust them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/the-newspapers-said-nobody-made-it-out-alive-surely-you-didn-t-trust/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [“Attention words. A single word wasn't enough. Not even for a particular segment. The brain had defenses, filters evolved over millions of years to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/attention-words-a-single-word-wasn-t-enough-not-even-for-a-particular/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/that-s-the-thing-you-learn-about-values-they-re-what-people-make-up/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) > [When it's done with being graceful and poetic, language is meant to communicate, after all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/when-it-s-done-with-being-graceful-and-poetic-language-is-meant-to/) [Max Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-barry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-better/max-barry/#itemlist", "name": "1 Knew Better Quotes By Max Barry", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was funny how as soon as you knew there was something better, what you had seemed unbearable.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Max Barry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-barry/it-was-funny-how-as-soon-as-you-knew-there-was-something-better-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/max-barry-7380_quote_it-was-funny-how-as-soon-as-you-knew-the_1756072.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/max-barry-7380_quote_it-was-funny-how-as-soon-as-you-knew-the_1756072.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/max-barry-7380_quote_it-was-funny-how-as-soon-as-you-knew-the_1756072.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was funny how as soon as you knew there was something better, what you had seemed unbearable.” — Max Barry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-better/max-barry/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-better/max-barry/", "name": "Knew Better Quotes by Max Barry", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-better/max-barry/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/max-barry-7380_quote_it-was-funny-how-as-soon-as-you-knew-the_1756072.jpg" }, "description": "1 Knew Better quotes by Max Barry. 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