Well, man, you know what they say." No, I don't. I don't know what they say. I don't even know who they are. Who is this they? They seem pretty smug. They seem to think they know shit. Fuck them.

Bo Burnham
Well, man, you know what they say.
Well, man, you know what they say.
Well, man, you know what they say.
Well, man, you know what they say.
About This Quote

The quote above is said by the character on the TV show, “Are You Afraid of the Dark?". The ghost says it first on the show, then later shares it with some other characters. The "they" are ghosts. The smugness of this ghost comes from his apparent knowledge of world mythology, but also his knowledge of who he is.

He knows who he was, who he is now, and who he will become. What this ghost represents is the idea that everyone has a story to tell. Everyone has a past that they can look back on and see where they have been, but also see where they are going.

Every person has a story that they have to tell themselves every day about themselves.

Source: Egghead: Or, You Cant Survive On Ideas Alone

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