People don't want to know. They have to be made to know. Whether they act on what they know is up to them. But they have to know.

About This Quote

Ernest Hemingway once said in an interview, “People don't want to know. They have to be made to know. Whether they act on what they know is up to them. But they have to know.” What this quote is saying is that the only purpose of the person who doesn’t know something is just that, it never shifts into their brain or mind until someone or something gives them the information that they are in need of.

For example, when you are supposed to head down the street but get distracted and end up walking down the wrong street, someone can give you directions or simply ask you where you are going and how to get there. If you say you don’t know, it won’t go away because people will start giving them to you whether you like it or not. So remember this quote if you don’t want it to happen to you!

Source: Earthly Powers

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