--- title: "1 Knew Wrong Quotes By Jack Black" description: "1 Knew Wrong quotes by Jack Black. Plus more from Jack Black and more Knew Wrong sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/jack-black-7954_honest-person_i-was-wrong-i-knew-i-was-wrong-and-yet-i_2308568.jpg" --- > [“I was wrong. I knew I was wrong, and yet I persisted. If that is possible of any explanation it is this: From the day I left my father my lines had been cast, or I cast them myself, among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/i-was-wrong-i-knew-i-was-wrong-and-yet-i-persisted-if-that-is/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/jack-black-7954_honest-person_i-was-wrong-i-knew-i-was-wrong-and-yet-i_2308568.jpg) ## More by Jack Black > [I just remember the early days of Tenacious D. There was no talk or thought about doing a TV show or a movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/i-just-remember-the-early-days-of-tenacious-d-there-was-no-talk-or/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [I don't get hung up on weight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/i-don-t-get-hung-up-on-weight/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [What do you do after you go to space, more importantly? You can't go to a more intense, awesome thing. That's the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/what-do-you-do-after-you-go-to-space-more-importantly-you-can-t-go-to/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [I don't think of myself as a great improver. A lot of times there's long periods of silence when everyone in the recording studio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-a-great-improver-a-lot-of-times-there-s/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [Habit is the strongest thing in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/habit-is-the-strongest-thing-in-life/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [I'm not thinking about forcing my kids to watch my movies. It's always awkward when someone says: "Hey, I wrote a song, can I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/i-m-not-thinking-about-forcing-my-kids-to-watch-my-movies-it-s-always/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [Weddings mainly are for drinkers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/weddings-mainly-are-for-drinkers/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [Seems like every other day there's somebody on the news, somebody gets killed or does something crazy and all the neighbors and everybody says,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/seems-like-every-other-day-there-s-somebody-on-the-news-somebody-gets/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [I've had so many hot, cheesy, corny loves of music in my life. I had a very intense Billy Joel period. So once you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/i-ve-had-so-many-hot-cheesy-corny-loves-of-music-in-my-life-i-had-a/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/i-d-rather-be-the-king-of-kids-than-the-prince-of-fools/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [I always feel bad for people getting married and spending upwards of a hundred thousand dollars. It just seems so absurd to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/i-always-feel-bad-for-people-getting-married-and-spending-upwards-of/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [The thing is, the kids always rebel against what the parents try to push on them so I'm going to pretend like I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/the-thing-is-the-kids-always-rebel-against-what-the-parents-try-to/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [“There was a legend on the road that the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City was a veritable storehouse of gold, silver, and precious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/there-was-a-legend-on-the-road-that-the-mormon-tabernacle-in-salt/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [A long life or a short life are of equal importance to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/a-long-life-or-a-short-life-are-of-equal-importance-to-god/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) > [I really wanted people to pay attention to me and like me. And the class clown thing, you know? There's a weird desperation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-black/i-really-wanted-people-to-pay-attention-to-me-and-like-me-and-the/) [Jack Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-black/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-wrong/jack-black/#itemlist", "name": "1 Knew Wrong Quotes By Jack Black", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I was wrong. I knew I was wrong, and yet I persisted. If that is possible of any explanation it is this: From the day I left my father my lines had been cast, or I cast them myself, among crooked people. I had not spent one hour in the company of an honest person. I had lived in an atmosphere of larceny, theft, crime. I thought in terms of theft. 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