--- title: "10 Knows Quotes By Harry Chapin" description: "10 Knows quotes by Harry Chapin. Plus more from Harry Chapin and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/harry-chapin-8482_fantasy_we-ve-more-important-studies-than-your-f_3096132.png" --- > [We've more important studies than your fantasies and fears You know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/we-ve-more-important-studies-than-your-fantasies-and-fears-you-know/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/harry-chapin-8482_fantasy_we-ve-more-important-studies-than-your-f_3096132.png) > [She knows more of love than the poets can say, and her eyes offer something that won't go away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/she-knows-more-of-love-than-the-poets-can-say-and-her-eyes-offer/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/harry-chapin-8482_away_she-knows-more-of-love-than-the-poets-ca_276659.png) > [To know is to care, to care is to act, to act is to make a difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/to-know-is-to-care-to-care-is-to-act-to-act-is-to-make-a-difference/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/harry-chapin-8482_care_to-know-is-to-care-to-care-is-to-act-to_2707644.png) > [You know I need a dream Like I need my breath We need to take the life Before we get the death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/you-know-i-need-a-dream-like-i-need-my-breath-we-need-to-take-the/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/harry-chapin-8482_breaths_you-know-i-need-a-dream-like-i-need-my-b_1812216.png) > [She sings the songs without words Songs that sailors, and blind men, and beggars have heard She knows more of love than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/she-sings-the-songs-without-words-songs-that-sailors-and-blind-men/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/harry-chapin-8482_beggar_she-sings-the-songs-without-words-songs_2061868.jpg) > [And all the trips you know you missed And all the lips you never kissed Cut through you like a knife. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/and-all-the-trips-you-know-you-missed-and-all-the-lips-you-never/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/harry-chapin-8482_cutting_and-all-the-trips-you-know-you-missed-an_595962.png) > [And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon, Little boy blue and the man in the moon. "When you coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/and-the-cat-s-in-the-cradle-and-the-silver-spoon-little-boy-blue-and/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/harry-chapin-8482_blue_and-the-cat-s-in-the-cradle-and-the-silv_600664.png) > [Oh God they got you gun shy You know your skin's as cold as ice Your eyes are double filtered babe You're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/oh-god-they-got-you-gun-shy-you-know-your-skin-s-as-cold-as-ice-your/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/harry-chapin-8482_afraid_oh-god-they-got-you-gun-shy-you-know-you_1264490.jpg) > [And I know you're frightened By my laughter But you're not afraid To hold my pain You see I'm never sure Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/and-i-know-you-re-frightened-by-my-laughter-but-you-re-not-afraid-to/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/harry-chapin-8482_babe_and-i-know-you-re-frightened-by-my-laugh_1692001.png) > [There are lessons to life That the lovers got to learn There are corners out there You know they're waitin' somewhere And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/there-are-lessons-to-life-that-the-lovers-got-to-learn-there-are/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/harry-chapin-8482_be-prepared_there-are-lessons-to-life-that-the-lover_586272.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Harry Chapin > [All my life's a circle; But I can't tell you why; Season's spinning round again; The years keep rollin' by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/all-my-life-s-a-circle-but-i-can-t-tell-you-why-season-s-spinning/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [When I started this song I was still thirty-three The age that Mozart died and sweet Jesus was set free Keats and Shelley too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/when-i-started-this-song-i-was-still-thirty-three-the-age-that-mozart/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [You see, she was gonna be an actress and I was gonna learn to fly. She took off to find the footlights, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/you-see-she-was-gonna-be-an-actress-and-i-was-gonna-learn-to-fly-she/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [And the look on her face as she opened the door Was like an old joke told by a friend. It'd taken ten more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/and-the-look-on-her-face-as-she-opened-the-door-was-like-an-old-joke/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [She knows more of love than the poets can say, and her eyes offer something that won't go away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/she-knows-more-of-love-than-the-poets-can-say-and-her-eyes-offer/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [All of us should be involved in our own futures to create a world that our children will want to live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/all-of-us-should-be-involved-in-our-own-futures-to-create-a-world/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [No straight lines make up my life; And all my roads have bends; There's no clear-cut beginnings; And so far no dead-ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/no-straight-lines-make-up-my-life-and-all-my-roads-have-bends-there-s/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [Good dreams don't come cheap You've got to pay for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/good-dreams-don-t-come-cheap-you-ve-got-to-pay-for-them/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [Why did the little girls grow crippled While the little boys grow strong The boys allowed to come of age The girls just came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/why-did-the-little-girls-grow-crippled-while-the-little-boys-grow/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [The reason nobody else in my business has any impact is because they're all comatose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/the-reason-nobody-else-in-my-business-has-any-impact-is-because-they/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [When you're going nowhere, anywhere's a better place to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/when-you-re-going-nowhere-anywhere-s-a-better-place-to-be/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/what-i-d-really-like-dad-is-to-borrow-the-car-keys/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [Strum your guitar sing it kid Just write about your feelings not the things you never did Inexperience, it once had cursed me But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/strum-your-guitar-sing-it-kid-just-write-about-your-feelings-not-the/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [There are lessons to life That the lovers got to learn There are corners out there You know they're waitin' somewhere And you've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/there-are-lessons-to-life-that-the-lovers-got-to-learn-there-are/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [Remember when the music Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/remember-when-the-music-came-from-wooden-boxes-strung-with-silver/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/harry-chapin/#itemlist", "name": "10 Knows Quotes By Harry Chapin", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We've more important studies than your fantasies and fears You know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harry Chapin" }, "url": 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