I Know You Know I Know/Quotes

"Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it; so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me!"

- Vizzini, The Princess Bride

"Subject 1: I know what you're thinking. * Subject 2: I know that you know what I'm thinking. * Subject 1: I know that you know that I know what you're thinking. * Subject 2: I know that you know that I know that you know what I'm thinking."

- Civilization: Call to Power, ESP Center Wonder

"Little does she know * That I know that she knows * That I know she's two-timing me."

- "Little Does She Know", The Kursaal Flyers

""I know you know I know you know, 'cause I just told you!""

- Van Montgomery, in a rare moment of sanity, Reba

""A pattern... Something he could sink his teeth into. These tactics, these plans they were all patterns of overlapping tricks and counter-tricks. A plan was made, the opponent would plan a counter, then he'd have to counter that counter, and the opponent was usually sitting at step three waiting to deal with the counter's counter. If he wanted to win this, he needed to be four moves ahead of the current game pieces.""

- MSLN Test Dummies

"I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family."

- Prince Geoffrey, The Lion in Winter