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Quotes About Knowledge

didn't plan to spend this amount of time these past weeks," Lynne said. "But I have learned a lot. I know my sheep and they know me, but this was a different kind of knowing. Because of what we've been through, there's a greater trust between Piaget and me than with the other sheep.
~ Margaret Feinberg
I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
~ Margaret Mead
as the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep,so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily , to appreciate more lovingly , our own.
~ Margaret Mead
Now she had a fumbling knowledge that, had she ever understood Ashley, she would never have loved him; had she ever understood Rhett, she would never have lost him.
~ Margaret Mitchell
She had never understood either of the men she had loved and so she had lost them both. Now, she had a fumbling knowledge that, had she ever understood Ashley, she would never have loved him; had she ever understood Rhett, she would never have lost him.
~ Margaret Mitchell
You are a child if you thought I didn't know, for all your smothering yourself under that hot lap robe. Of course, I knew. Why else do you think I've been—" He stopped suddenly and a silence fell between them. He picked up the reins and clucked to the horse.
~ Margaret Mitchell
What did they know about you? I know you.
~ Margaret Mitchell
Eavesdroppers often hear highly entertaining and instructive things
~ Margaret Mitchell
Science clears the fields on which technology can build.
~ Werner Heisenberg
The profound aspect of technology is that once secrets are revealed, the magic doesn't disappear.
~ Ray Kurzweil
Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage.
~ Mike Trout
I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.
~ Steve Jobs
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
~ Daniel J. Boorstin
You can try to control people, or you can try to have a system that represents reality. I find that knowing what's really happening is more important than trying to control people.
~ Larry Page
The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and the ability to create new knowledge.
~ Julian Simon
Every action and decision we take – or don't – ripples into the future. For the first time we have the capability, the technology, and the knowledge to direct these ripples.
~ Jacque Fresco
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
~ Carl Sagan
It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constitution of Technology.
~ Dizzy Dean
Technology and Ideology are shaking the foundations of 21st century capitalism. Technology is making skills and knowledge the only sources of sustainable strategic advantage.
~ Lester Thurow
Can you avoid knowledge? You cannot! Can you avoid technology? You cannot! Things are going to go ahead in spite of ethics, in spite of your personal beliefs, in spite of everything.
~ Jose Manuel Rodriguez Delgado
People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?
~ Tom Clancy
The architect holds much knowledge, but is not a specialist. Especially with the computer and technology, the amount of knowledge an architect possesses keeps on growing.
~ Santiago Calatrava
Information can tell us everything. It has all the answers. But they are answers to questions we have not asked, and which doubtless don't even arise.
~ Jean Baudrillard