"Know what's going on" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... roughing it with other men who think about nothing but the day's work. Then I came home meaning to settle down. I wanted to see my governor too. I've always cared for him more than any one else in the world ... but I tell you now I simply don't know what's going on at home. They want to catch me in a trap. That's what it feels like. To make me what I was as a kid. It's strange, but there's more in it than you'd think. You wouldn't believe the number of times I've thought of my young days since I've been home. It's as though some one was always shoving them ...
— The Captives • Hugh Walpole
... Jack; and mind don't you go blazing away like a fire ship, and letting everybody know what's going on, or it'll be stopped." ...
— Varney the Vampire - Or the Feast of Blood • Thomas Preskett Prest
... think I'm asking all these questions because we have any fault to find with you," he said. "You've done very well. I always know what's going on all over the place. I keep track of everything in every department. I wouldn't be where I am if I wasn't up to that. I called you here partly to compliment you on your smartness in that little stunt ...
— Winnie Childs - The Shop Girl • C. N. Williamson
... said the old sailor, with a sigh. "Wish I could go to sleep and never know what's going on. Come much easier to be blowed up when one didn't expect it. Wonderful how cowardly a man feels when he knows that there's a lot o' gunpowder as may go off any moment just ...
— King o' the Beach - A Tropic Tale • George Manville Fenn |
