--- title: "10 Knows Quotes By Paul Simon" description: "10 Knows quotes by Paul Simon. Plus more from Paul Simon and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/paul-simon-1703_care_the-trick-is-as-i-know-it-is-to-care-lik_1276151.png" --- > [The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/the-trick-is-as-i-know-it-is-to-care-like-hell-and-not-give-a-damn-at/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/paul-simon-1703_care_the-trick-is-as-i-know-it-is-to-care-lik_1276151.png) > [You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/you-know-life-is-what-you-make-of-it-so-beautiful-or-so-what/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/paul-simon-1703_beautiful_you-know-life-is-what-you-make-of-it-so_2668424.png) > [I don't know what I'm going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-don-t-know-what-i-m-going-to-write-when-i-begin-to-write-it-feels/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/paul-simon-1703_around-the-bend_i-don-t-know-what-i-m-going-to-write-whe_406999.png) > [Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/anthony-heilbut-has-been-a-guide-and-a-mentor-to-me-i-know-of-no-one/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/218/paul-simon-1703_books_anthony-heilbut-has-been-a-guide-and-a-m_3204087.png) > [Given all the facts that I'm young and I'm in good health and I'm famous - that I have talent, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/given-all-the-facts-that-i-m-young-and-i-m-in-good-health-and-i-m/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/960/paul-simon-1703_facts_given-all-the-facts-that-i-m-young-and-i_1660338.png) > [Most of the time, when I had hits as a soloist - maybe not so much with Simon & Garfunkel - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/most-of-the-time-when-i-had-hits-as-a-soloist-maybe-not-so-much-with/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76f/paul-simon-1703_children_most-of-the-time-when-i-had-hits-as-a-so_261765.png) > [I don't really know why an idea comes to me. But all of a sudden, an idea comes and from experience I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-don-t-really-know-why-an-idea-comes-to-me-but-all-of-a-sudden-an/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/974/paul-simon-1703_choices_i-don-t-really-know-why-an-idea-comes-to_1733269.png) > [I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-just-said-you-know-this-is-a-great-track-but-this-lyric-i-don-t/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/paul-simon-1703_aggravating_i-just-said-you-know-this-is-a-great-tra_1345829.png) > [As soon as your mind knows that it's on and it's supposed to produce some lines, either it doesn't or it produces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/as-soon-as-your-mind-knows-that-it-s-on-and-it-s-supposed-to-produce/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/paul-simon-1703_discovering_as-soon-as-your-mind-knows-that-it-s-on_2030150.png) > [I really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them I think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-really-don-t-know-what-exactly-all-the-songs-mean-sometimes-other/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/paul-simon-1703_different_i-really-don-t-know-what-exactly-all-the_884081.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Paul Simon > [A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/a-man-walks-down-the-street-it-s-a-street-in-a-strange-world-maybe-it/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [I didn't get how big it was until I went home, turned on the television and saw it on all the news, and later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-didn-t-get-how-big-it-was-until-i-went-home-turned-on-the/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/it-s-pointless-to-be-critical-of-your-stuff-once-it-s-done-i-don-t/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [Medicine is magical and magical is art, the boy in the bubble, and the baby with the baboon heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/medicine-is-magical-and-magical-is-art-the-boy-in-the-bubble-and-the/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/two-times-two-is-twenty-two-four-times-four-is-forty-four-when/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [...what threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/what-threatens-us-today-in-the-world-of-computers-and-other-invasions/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [Life I love you, all is groovy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/life-i-love-you-all-is-groovy/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-would-be-willing-to-do-almost-anything-to-make-art-happy-i-care/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-don-t-very-often-think-i-ve-done-a-good-job-i-don-t-like-the/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-rate-each-album-as-better-than-the-last-one-that-s-how-i-see-it/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [ I don't think \[Dylan and the Beatles\] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-don-t-think-dylan-and-the-beatles-influenced-me-a-lot-i-think-it/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/the-words-of-the-prophets-are-written-on-the-subway-walls-and/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music. I can't imagine myself not playing or singing or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/i-m-not-in-it-for-the-money-i-like-music-i-love-to-write-music-i-can/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [No one dare disturb the sound of silence...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/no-one-dare-disturb-the-sound-of-silence/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) > [A fundamental requirement, overriding any other for this job, is an understanding of deafness-what it is and how it affects the educational experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/a-fundamental-requirement-overriding-any-other-for-this-job-is-an/) [Paul Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-simon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/paul-simon/#itemlist", "name": "10 Knows Quotes By Paul Simon", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Simon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/the-trick-is-as-i-know-it-is-to-care-like-hell-and-not-give-a-damn-at/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/paul-simon-1703_care_the-trick-is-as-i-know-it-is-to-care-lik_1276151.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/paul-simon-1703_care_the-trick-is-as-i-know-it-is-to-care-lik_1276151.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/paul-simon-1703_care_the-trick-is-as-i-know-it-is-to-care-lik_1276151.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.” — Paul Simon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Simon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-simon/you-know-life-is-what-you-make-of-it-so-beautiful-or-so-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/paul-simon-1703_beautiful_you-know-life-is-what-you-make-of-it-so_2668424.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/paul-simon-1703_beautiful_you-know-life-is-what-you-make-of-it-so_2668424.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/paul-simon-1703_beautiful_you-know-life-is-what-you-make-of-it-so_2668424.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.” — Paul Simon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know what I'm going to write when I begin to write. 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